EMPOWERED PEOPLE

Registered charity 1153703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To allow adults who have a disability to either discover or re-engage with the benifits of cycling and other social activites connected with fully inclusive cycling.Area within a Northern region but organise events around the Country

Objects

1. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM DIAGNOSED MEDICAL CONDITIONS BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THINK FIT.2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE, DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on unrestricted funds of £647, bringing total funds carried forward to £53,351. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £2,980, which is in line with the stated policy when including the designated fund for core costs. 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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k; policy: 12 months core costs)
“At the year end the free reserves were £2,980 and including the designated fund of £10,000 towards core costs, this is in line with the policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£57k£41k
31/12/2024£23k£36k
31/12/2023£81k£52k
31/12/2022£45k£43k
31/12/2021£15k£24k

Common questions

Is EMPOWERED PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on unrestricted funds of £647, bringing total funds carried forward to £53,351. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £2,980, which is in line with the stated policy when including the designated fund for core costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EMPOWERED PEOPLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EMPOWERED PEOPLE as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALEFY2022£5kTodmorden Windfarm Fund
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALEFY2024£2kGeneral Flow Through Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/11/2025£20kWheely Great
UK government17/08/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England08/06/2020£3kCOVID-19 CEF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£3kLS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£3kLS