CHESHIRE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1112525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLUNTARY ACTION VALE ROYAL

We deliver adult learning to those who need to build self esteem or to gain employment; early intervention family support services to families struggling to cope; jobsearch, training and skills development as part of the Work Programme; transport services for those unable to use public transport;services for older people who are at risk and to adults with learning disabilities

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Merged into CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER (charity 1139983) — merger registered 20/10/2020.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£792k
Latest spending
£844k
Registered
2005

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2019

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £669,258 — contracts £669,258 (3); 84% of the £792,494 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2018

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £629,985 — contracts £629,985 (2); 75% of the £838,875 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2017

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £368,350 — contracts £359,700, grants £8,650; 42% of the £866,904 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2019 (received 18/03/2020, 18 days after the 29/02/2020 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2019)

Total income
£792k
Total spending
£844k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
43

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2021——
30/04/2020——
30/04/2019£792k£844k
31/03/2018£839k£877k
31/03/2017£867k£941k