HITCHIN PARTNERSHIP CIO

Registered charity 1158637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) the advancement of education in the united kingdom in particular but not exclusively by: (a) the provision of services, facilities and activities to develop the capacity and skills of parents and carers of children and young people to enable them to engage more with the education of, and to identify and help meet the needs of, the children and young people in their care; and

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO ENGAGE MORE WITH THE EDUCATION OF, AND TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THE NEEDSOF, THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR CARE; AND (B) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO DELIVER SUCH EDUCATION; AND (C) PROMOTING CO-OPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODIES; (2)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE ACTIVITIES, SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS; (3)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONFOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN HITCHIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND (4)THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODIES WHICH HAVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONALBODIES TO PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE AND ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THEIR PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.

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's principal source of funding is provided from CIO members (schools) pooling their Local Authority School Family Worker Funding. The trustees declare a policy against holding high reserves, stating they do not believe in holding such funds that have been raised to support the welfare of the families they assist.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• schools — “Through funding from schools, the support of local community groups and fundraising we provide practical help in times of hardship and crisi…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angharad Paterson
• LISA HAYES BED HONS
• LIZ POLLARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Clayton
• Rachel Peddie
• Tim Bennett
• Tony Plunkett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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