PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS) TELFORD

Registered charity 1150871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PODS

The objectives of the Charity are to relieve the needs of children and young people, including their parents, carers and families, who have disabilities and/or special educational needs in the Telford and Wrekin area, in order to improve their quality of life, promote their inclusion in their local communities and to help and support them to reach their full potential.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE TELFORD AND WREKIN AREA, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, PROMOTE THEIR INCLUSION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

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

Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £10,091 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total funds to £136,789. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to maintain free reserves sufficient for a minimum of 2 months of running costs, and the unrestricted general fund stands at £136,789. The charity reports growing demand for services and is progressing with a sustainability strategy to reduce reliance on large funding grants.

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 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Parents Opening Doors (PODS) Telford (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Department for Education — “We are funded via an array of small grants and funds, one of which is a Participation Grant from the Department for Education.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Joneschair
• Andrea Nelson
• Anthony Ralph Wakeman
• Craig Kemp
• Jonathan Mills
• Philip Gillum · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Hall

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OPENING DOORS PROJECT.

• THE OPENING DOORS PROJECT income £108k
• PARENTS IN NEED income £79k
• The Ashford School Parents and Friends Association income £29k
• THE PARENTING PROJECT income £566k
• THE PARENTS FORUM FOR BRADFORD AND AIREDALE income £72k
• OPEN DOORS FORUM income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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