INCLUDES US 2

Registered charity 1137745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IU2

Includes Us 2 is a parent driven charity that provides information, signposting and social activities for children and young people, who have a disability or special educational need and their families, in the districts of Ashford, Shepway and Dover.

Objects

TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WHERE THEY ARE IN NEED TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF ASHFORD, SHEPWAY AND DOVER DISTRICTS

Area of benefit: ASHFORD AND SHEPWAY AND DOVER

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £63,212 to £55,864, while restricted reserves increased to £34,580. The trustees' report confirms that the charity's reserves policy target of three months' operating costs has been achieved for the 2024/2025 period. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 04/03/2024, 33 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridget Kingchair
• Millie Moore
• Shane Bishop

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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