1VOICE - COMMUNICATING TOGETHER

Registered charity 1141886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1VOICE

1Voice creates opportunities to bring together children and adults who use Augmentative AlternativeCommunication (AAC) and the people important to them (family/carers/supporters) to share ideas, information, skills and personal experiences.1Voice holds weekend residential and day events each year and local activities throughout the year supported by regional committees.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES AND PEOPLE IMPORTANT TO THEM (FAMILY/CARERS/SUPPORTERS), PARTICULARLY BY ASSISTING OR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE USING AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ACHIEVE THEIR COMMUNICATION POTENTIAL AND TO MAKE PROVISIONS OR PROMOTE ANY SCHEME THOUGHT NECESSARY TO MEET THIS AIM. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF AAC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £5,236 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £22,125. The trustees have designated £9,722 of these reserves to cover commitments over six months should the charity cease to secure funding. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Hughes
• Alison Jane Douthwaite
• Dominic Carroll
• Frances Louise Marshall
• HELEN DIXON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Kristina Anthony
• Jason Mark Felce
• Neal Gary Marshall
• Rebecca Elizabeth Morris
• Stephen John Tyler

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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