R.I.V.A Project

Registered charity 1123964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RIVA CLUB, THE RIVA CLUB/PROJECT LTD

Work based training activities and independent living skills for people with disabilities, incorporating a coffee shop and charity shop for the students to gain hands on experience.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHEFFIELD.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVESAND LIVE AS THEY CHOOSE.4 TO PROMOTE FULL PARTICIPATION, INTEGRATION AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR NON-DISABLED PEERS.

Area of benefit: SHEFFIELD

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating loss of £19,552 for the year, with total expenditure of £228,088 exceeding total income of £208,536. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £94,523, which the filing notes is broadly unchanged from the previous year, and the trustees confirmed 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Munciechair
• Christopher Merrick
• DEBRA CLARKE
• Dorothy Phoenix · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsty Allen
• Pamela Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Paul Grayshon

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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