THE HIVE AVON LIMITED

Registered charity 1126618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVON NORTH MENCAP LIMITED

To help people with a learning disability by the provision of help and support for them and for their families, dependants and carers.To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation or other leisure time occupation for people who have a need thereof by reason of a learning disability with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISIONOF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS.3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHERLEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNINGDISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE."LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANYASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL CITY AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £15,220 for the year ending December 2025, driven by increased costs and a fall in secured grants. Despite this, the trustees report that fundraising efforts attracted more donations than the previous year and the outlook for 2026 is positive.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hive Avon Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brendan Tucker
• Danai Protopsalti
• Lorraine Millard
• Rev Anthony Hick
• Sara Brown
• Sophie Louise Hentall

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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

• THE HIVE FOUNDATION income £98k
• THE HIVE (HALIFAX) LTD income £531k
• The People Hive income £240k
• HOUSING INDEPENDENT PEOPLE income £44k
• LIV (UK) income £229k
• THE HELP FOUNDATION income £39k

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