AUDLEM AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ACTION

Registered charity 1144074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADCA

Provides welfare support to vulnerable and socially isolated adults and older people and their carers which promotes social inclusion, community participation and independence. This includes a day club, coffee club, befriending services, voluntary driving and support to carers.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PREVENTING PEOPLE RESIDENT IN AUDLEM AND DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;(FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÔÇŸSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÔÇÖ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)(B) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF AUDLEM AND DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS;(C) TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENT IN AUDLEM AND DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS;(D) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN AUDLEM AND DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS;(E) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,338 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £132,301 and total expenditure of £133,639. The trustees note that free reserves of £33,124 were below the agreed target level of £36,000, and the charity is dependent on securing future grant funding to sustain its operations.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Audlem and District Community Action (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Knibbs
• FRANCES MARY CHRISTIE
• Gary Noel Cliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN TILLING · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lucinda Susan Cliffe
• Susan Ann Hodgkins

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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