MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Registered charity 1111978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the Charity is to provide a free and confidential, accessible counselling service for young people aged 11-25 years of age, to improve their mental health and emotional well-being and help them to reach their full potential.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HARTLEPOOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, BY ASSOCIATING INDIVIDUALS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS.

Area of benefit: HARTLEPOOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

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Registered contact address: Hartlepool, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,470, with total net assets of £13,470. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £9,728 to £3,470. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL ANDREW SUMPTERchair
• Georgia May Robson
• Nicola Sumpter
• PETER GRENVILLE GOWLAND · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Hartlepool

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OFF THE RECORD.

• OFF THE RECORD income £300k
• GROWING RESILIENCE IN TEENS income £301k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• CHAT YOUTH COUNSELLING income £173k
• MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
• THE LEICESTER COUNSELLING CENTRE income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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