Shoreham Opportunities for Learning Differences

Registered charity 1155796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHOREHAM OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES, SOLD

The primary aim of SOLD - is to provide meaningful and quality work experience for adults with learning disabilities in a busy High Street shop. The charity supports the special needs of the trainees whilst teaching a range of new valuable skills that could potentially be transferred and built upon in further work placements and ultimately help them gain paid employment.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL AND QUALITY WORK EXPERIENCE FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN A SHOP TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND HELP TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is not in financial debt and has generated a net surplus of £15,455 for the period. The trustees report that the charity is almost totally self-funded through trading activities, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £83,865 at the end of the period.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEIRDRE SOLOMON
• Elizabeth Marianne English
• JAMES CHRISTOPHER LOWE
• emma criddle

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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