COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND

Registered charity 1144604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAN

Our roles and activities include:The provision of advice, information, training, encouragement and other forms of support to community groups and voluntary organisations. Encouraging networking, co-operation and mutual support between voluntary and community organisations. Ensuring that the needs and opinions of communities and voluntary organisations are understood by decision-makers.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £273,596, which the trustees consider an appropriate level to function effectively for a period of 6 months should financial difficulties occur. The charity reports total income of £885,483 and notes that total payroll costs have risen, directly reflecting the growth of its activities.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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 07805401 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Action Northumberland (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.

• HOLT, Michael John — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
• SAMSOM, Peter Nicolaas — director, appointed 19/01/2026on trustee list
• ROSE, Janice — director, appointed 18/11/2024on trustee list
• PHILLIPSON, Jeremy, Professor — director, appointed 08/07/2024on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Charlotte Christine Strudwick — director, appointed 20/11/2023not on trustee list
• HOOKS, Norman John — director, appointed 10/07/2023on trustee list
• HENSBY, Barrie Stuart — director, appointed 04/11/2022on trustee list
• SOURBUT GROVES, Catherine Ann, Ven Dr — director, appointed 10/05/2021not on trustee list
• ASHDOWN, Jan — director, appointed 14/01/2019on trustee list
• HUMPHRYS, Jean — director, appointed 01/04/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barrie Hensby
• Charlotte Christine Strudwick
• Dr Jean Styring · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jan Ashdown
• Janice Rose
• Michael John Holt
• NORMAN JOHN HOOKS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Samsom
• Professor Jeremy Phillipson
• The Venerable Catherine Ann Sourbut Groves · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ACTION NORFOLK.

• COMMUNITY ACTION NORFOLK income £559k
• NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.6m
• COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE income £936k
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION income £890k
• MRC COMMUNITY ACTION income £572k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA income £914k

Side by side with its peers

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