FRIENDS OF IN TOUCH

Registered charity 1153013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IN TOUCH

Supporting emotionally and socially vulnerable children and young people with autistic spectrum conditions &behaviours associated with them in Eastleigh, Hants; through individual and groupwork interventions(afterschool ,holiday ,youth and social skills groups or individual play/drama therapy) Our ultimate aim to facilitate social inclusion by promoting social wellbeing and positive mental health

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS, AND BEHAVIOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM IN THE BOROUGH OF EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £54,083.39 against total payments of £45,193.97, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £28,288.62, which are held in cash funds and savings accounts.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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 — Friends of in Touch (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).

• Co-op — “Co-op members can help us raise funds by choosing us as your local cause. https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/97035” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Parsonschair
• Chris Swales
• HUI MIN TSENG
• Helen Beckett-Oxenham
• Karen Allen
• Laura Stephens
• Simon Hockney

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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