The Education & Community Partnership

Registered charity 1150460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CECP, CONGLETON EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LTD

Providing a passport of entitlement to services and support for all children and young people in the community of Congleton, Cheshire East.

Objects

(1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOLS SUPPORTED BY THE CHARITY AND OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THOSE SCHOOLS OPERATE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES,RESOURCES,OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES(NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY)FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS SUPPORTED BY THE CHARITY AND IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE SCHOOLS OPERATE;(2)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:-3-1)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE,DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(2)THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(3)THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT AND HEALTH & WELL BEING PROJECT TO GIVE ADVICE,SUPPORT,COUNSELLING AND THERAPUTIC SERVICES.(4)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(1)THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;(2)ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(3)PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(4)CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.(5)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED,RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the partnership incurred an operating loss of £23,196 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £79,649 to £56,459. The directors have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, and the financial statements were subject to preparation by EPG Accountants Ltd rather than a statutory audit.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07956695 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• LEWIS, Iestyn Elvey — director, appointed 09/07/2021on trustee list
• HARRISON, Helen Marie — director, appointed 28/01/2021on trustee list
• BLYTHE, Pip — director, appointed 24/03/2017on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Alexandra — secretary, appointed 21/08/2017

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Harrison
• Iestyn Lewis
• Pip Blythe

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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