COMMUNICARE IN SOUTHAMPTON

Registered charity 1110427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNICARE IN SHIRLEY AND DISTRICT

Communicare in Southampton is a community care group with volunteers, many from local churches, that works on behalf of the whole community in Southampton. It complements the help available to deprived people by visiting and befriending the lonely,elderly and those with mental health issues, shopping for/with clients, carrying out simple DIY tasks, helping with childcare and providing transport.

Objects

1. The relief of hardship, distress, loneliness and isolation among the inhabitants of Southampton and the surrounding areas, enriching the quality of life of those in need through the provision of good neighbourly practical and emotional support.2. The demonstration of the Christian Faith in Southampton and surrounding areas through practical and emotional support.

Area of benefit: SOUTHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £40,671.84 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a closing balance of £234,549.41. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were sufficient to cover three months of expenditure at the year-end, although the trustees noted that pressure on core grant givers may adversely affect reserves going forward.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Communicare in Southampton (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Mark Littlemore
• Darren John Crispin
• Lenka Fremerova
• MR John Barrie Worth · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sally Ann Belward

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COMMUNICARE TRUST (READING).

• THE COMMUNICARE TRUST (READING) income £138k
• SOUTHAMPTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.7m
• SOUTHAMPTON CITY AND REGION ACTION TO COMBAT HARDSHIP income £1.7m
• SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £205k
• CITY LIFE CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON income £1.3m
• SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £115k

Side by side with its peers

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