MULBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS (BLACKPOOL)

Registered charity 1119226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(a) the relief of persons having an addiction to drugs, alcohol or other noxious substances ;(b) the advancement of public education concerning addictions;(c) such purposes charitable as will benefit the community in the Blackpool area.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS HAVING AN ADDICTION TO DRUGS, ALCOHOL OR OTHER NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, CARE AND COUNSELLING;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING ADDITIONS AND APPROACHES AND CARE BY THE PUBLICATION TO DISSEMINATE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION;(C) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THE BLACKPOOL AREA

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, BLACKPOOL

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,003 for the year ended 29th April 2026, with total funds decreasing to £74,505. The trustees acknowledge that the charity can be reliant on housing benefit income and have noted that unrestricted reserves of £73,220 cover less than the policy target of six months' expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mulberry Community Project (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON MAGDALENE GORDON
• ANDREW BOTTOMLEY
• Keith Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICOLA JANE JOHNSTON

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

Operates in: Blackpool

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PEOPLE'S RECOVERY PROJECT.

• THE PEOPLE'S RECOVERY PROJECT income £213k
• Addiction Family Support income £298k
• BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED income £5.7m
• THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ADDICTION income £1.4m
• STREETSCENE ADDICTION RECOVERY income £3.2m
• PHOENIX income £204k

Side by side with its peers

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