THE JOIN PROJECT

Registered charity 1117217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

JOIN provides a broad range of educational and recreational activities for adults with learning disabilities in the Keighley and surrounding areas. JOIN activities include cookery, social activity days, walking, keep-fit, arts & crafts, self-help and self-advocacy. All JOIN activities enable members to improve their health and well being, develop life skills and achieve greater independence.

Objects

3 THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR EDUCATION RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£258k
Latest spending
£283k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £24,905 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £114,826 to £89,921. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £87,853 remain within the stated policy target of two to six months' running costs (£46,500 to £139,500). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCILDaytime Activities Provider List09/02/2021£50.0m
CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCILDaytime Activities Provider List09/02/2021£50.0m
CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCILDaytime Activities Provider List09/02/2021£50.0m

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£258k£283k
31/03/2025£298k£260k
31/03/2024£246k£242k
31/03/2023£223k£214k
31/03/2022£201k£194k

Common questions

Is THE JOIN PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £24,905 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £114,826 to £89,921. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £87,853 remain within the stated policy target of two to six months' running costs (£46,500 to £139,500). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery23/12/2024£30kMillionaire Street 2024 10w1
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2008£6kThe Join Project - Fabric of Society Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2007£4kThe Join Project

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEY TO JOY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOIN PROJECT£258k—0unclear—no doubt
KEY TO JOY FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
LEARN TO LIVE FY2025£526k—0unclear—no doubt
OUR BARN COMMUNITY FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL LINK FY2025£597k—0unclear—no doubt
JUST KIDDING FY2024£132k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.