DACORTIUM

Registered charity 1153443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dacortium aims to improve the quality of life of local people, especially those who are disadvantaged or vulnerable by delivering high quality, cost-effective services in a consistent, co-ordinated and co-operative manner. It also aims to provide members with access to public service tenders that they wouldn't individually have access to due to their size/complexity.

Objects

3.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:3.2.1 TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY GROUPS AND CHARITIES OPERATING IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM AND ELSEWHERE ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT");3.2.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTARY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT3.3 PROVIDED THAT IN THE OBJECTS, 3.3.1 "VOLUNTARY SECTOR" IS DEFINED AS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS;3.3.2 "CHARITIES" ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.3.3.3 "NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS" ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS.

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 the charity reported a net income surplus of £46,301 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £259,699. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £122,775, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering overheads for at least six months in the event of winding up. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Moorechair
• DAVID JOHN SWARBRICK
• Dr Simon Aulton
• Loretta Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Lewington

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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