THE WM MORRISON DARLINGTON ENTERPRISE TRUST

Registered charity 1135126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Tandem

For the relief of poverty among all members of the community but in particular members who are unemployed or at risk of being unemployed or those less able than others to care for themselves. Current activities include job-search and employability support and skills development.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BUT IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR AT RISK OF BEING UNEMPLOYED OR THOSE LESS ABLE THAN OTHERS TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES.(2) THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR(THOUGH WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) THE FOSTERING AND PROMOTION OF TEACHING AND TRAINING IN THE SKILLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO SMALL BUSINESSES AMONG PERSONS WHOSE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD BE ALLEVIATED OR IMPROVED BY THE ACQUISITION OF SUCH SKILLS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Darlington, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £111,896 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in accumulated funds to £170,922. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £115,720 are maintained in line with the policy of holding at least three months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest the accounts were not properly prepared.

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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07180982

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MILLER, Carol Anne — director, appointed 10/09/2019on trustee list
• WATSON, Tom Campbell — director, appointed 22/09/2017on trustee list
• WARNES, Bruce Charles — director, appointed 22/01/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRUCE CHARLES WARNESchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Abby Elizabeth Burr
• Carol Miller
• Nichola Hilda Withe
• Thomas Campbell Watson

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

Operates in: Darlington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

• G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £384k
• THE DARLINGTON TOWN MISSION income £31k
• THE MAXWELL MORRISON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k
• THE MATTHEWS WRIGHTSON CHARITY TRUST income £76k
• WARRINGTON TRAINING TRUST LIMITED income £419k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO MAIDSTONE LTD income £455k

Side by side with its peers

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