ACT (ACTION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TOWN) AT THE CHEETHAMS LIMITED

Registered charity 1129668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To act as a resource for young people by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, social, educational and other activities.

Objects

" THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNGPEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BYPROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONALAND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASINDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFAREFOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITHA VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS."

Area of benefit: BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN

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

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is planning for closure due to increasingly difficult access to grant funding and a lack of successful grant applications. Unrestricted reserves stood at £51,588, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,688 for the year. The trustees acknowledge there is no reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating far into 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £35k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN-MARIE SMITH
• Ann-Marie Astley
• Canon Andrew Robert Pratt MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• GRAHAM JONES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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