CHESHIRE CONNECT

Registered charity 1153334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESHIRE SKILLSHARE LIMITED

Our objectives are delivered by matching relevant skills and expertise offered pro bono from the business community to resource needs in the voluntary sector.We do this in three ways: Short-term projects, or Quick Fixes; longer-term projects involving a range of professional skills; and, sourcing Trustees, Mentors, or Critical Friends to deliver longer-term ongoing support.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES; AND (B) TO PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

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

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

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £74,555, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of covering three months of operating expenses. The charity reported a net surplus of £11,827 for the year, with total income of £158,744 against charitable expenditure of £146,917.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BRIGGSchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Amy Couture
• Katherine Louise Francis
• Peter Broxton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Scott
• Robert McKay

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Warrington

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 VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES.

• VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m
• CHESHIRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL income £1.3m
• CHESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.3m
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• Connection Support income £10.1m
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.