WARRINGTON SPEAK UP

Registered charity 1158888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Warrington Speak Up is an independent advocacy organisation actively promoting social inclusion, equality and social justice. Through the delivery of quality advocacy services, including statutory & non statutory issue based advocacy, self and group advocacy, projects and consultation we aim to strengthen the voice of Warrington residents who face discrimination, disadvantage and social isolation.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED DUE TO DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH OR AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUE BASE ADVOCACY SERVICES, SELF ADVOCACY PROJECTS AND PARTICIPATORY CONSULTATION PROJECTS. 2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH OR AGE THROUGH A RANGE OF ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND PROJECTS ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. 3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED DUE TO DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND AGE THEREBY PROMOTING INCLUSION. 4) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED DUE TO DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND AGE BY ENABLING THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AS ORDINARY CITIZENS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £65,632 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted funds rising to £460,086. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of approximately six months' operating expenditure, which it currently exceeds. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lynne Bennettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Donnelly
• MICHAEL HORNE
• Steven Cullen · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 SPEAKING OUT FORUM.

• SPEAKING OUT FORUM income £47k
• WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £987k
• TALK CHANGES income £50k
• SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY LIMITED income £657k
• BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT income £331k
• PEOPLE SPEAK UP LTD income £422k

Side by side with its peers

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