C.D.P. (ST. HELENS) LTD.

Registered charity 1147286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of disabled persons in the district of St Helens and in particular by the provision of welfare and support services calculated to improve their conditions of life. Our main objectives continue to be the delivery and development of services and activities that uphold the welfare, rights and entitlements of disabled people and promote quality of life.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF ST HELENS AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £70,574 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £806,622. The trustees' report notes that while the policy is to hold reserves covering twelve months of running costs, the current funding climate may make this difficult to achieve. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robinson Rice Associates Limited. 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAHAM HASELDENchair
• Coleen Haselden
• Esmie Deakin
• Gillian Keight
• JOHN BERTRAM WIDDOP
• Mark Andrew Hayes
• William Paul Winstanley

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

Operates in: St Helens

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability.

• Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability income £2.4m
• STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £13.0m
• THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY income £248k
• DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £2.5m
• CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• NORFOLK COALITION OF DISABLED PEOPLE income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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