RECOOP

Registered charity 1139233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders, in particular those over the age of 50, through the provision of support services, advocacy, financial advice and mentoring. It aims to enable them to take control of their lives and remain free from offending and prevent them from being socially excluded.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 50, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVOCACY, FINANCIAL ADVICE, MENTORING ON ISSUES SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND ADVICE ON HOUSING AND HEALTH THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND REMAIN FREE FROM OFFENDING AND PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £71,617, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £373,961 to £302,344. The trustees consider this to be a managed transitional phase linked to post-demerger development and maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted reserves of £302,344 remain above the stated minimum free reserves policy target of approximately £150,000.

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 3 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07381550

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Recoop (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• LAW, Andrea — director, appointed 03/09/2026on trustee list
• BIGGIN, John — director, appointed 03/09/2026on trustee list
• MILLER, Jessica — director, appointed 12/02/2026on trustee list
• SMITH, Stephen John — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• STEVENS, Asa John — director, appointed 04/06/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Peter — director, appointed 18/05/2023on trustee list
• MOTAMED, Robert Philip Nasser — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• CODD, Helen Louise, Professor — director, appointed 20/05/2021on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Dylan Gwynne Leyshon, Dr — director, appointed 10/07/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Law
• Asa Stevens
• Dylan Phillips
• Jazz Singh
• Jessica Miller
• John Biggin
• Peter Jones
• Prof Helen Codd
• Robert Motamed
• Stephen Smith

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RISEUP.

• RISEUP income £38k
• BEGINNING AGAIN income £39k
• REHABIT income £53k
• CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION income £25k
• THE WELCOME DIRECTORY income £69k
• PRODIGAL ARTS income £72k

Side by side with its peers

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