INTERAKT COMMUNITY
Promote social inclusion for public benefit, for people marginalized due to disability, or sensory challenges, meet their needs facilitate community awareness and integration. Provide creative and cultural activities, training, work experience and independent living skills. Provide information and services that enable all abilities and carers to achieve community civic involvement and support.
Objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN WEST BERKSHIRE AND BEYOND, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:1. PROVIDING LOCAL CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, TRAINING AND EVENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES2. PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT ENABLE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR CARERS TO ACHIEVE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity is operating in a challenging economic climate and is working to become more sustainable. The trustees report that financial reserves are being managed to provide a six-month contingency budget, and a surplus is being used to fund modernisation and staff development.
What the accounts disclose
“giving us a 6-month contingency budget”
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Investing charity funds 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £133,934 — contracts £132,227 (2), grants £1,707 (1); 63% of the £213,114 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £133,910 — contracts £132,000 (2), grants £1,910 (2); 58% of the £228,996 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £131,764 — contracts £131,764 (2); 66% of the £198,506 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- HANNAH LOUISE GREENchair
- Debra Ann Bradshaw
- Jennifer Susan Hunter
- Sara East
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 28/02/2025 | £213k | £208k |
| 29/02/2024 | £229k | £213k |
| 28/02/2023 | £199k | £182k |
| 28/02/2022 | £176k | £160k |
| 28/02/2021 | £183k | £161k |
Common questions
Is INTERAKT COMMUNITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is operating in a challenging economic climate and is working to become more sustainable. The trustees report that financial reserves are being managed to provide a six-month contingency budget, and a surplus is being used to fund modernisation and staff development.
Who funds INTERAKT COMMUNITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERAKT COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2024 | £4k | |
| MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2025 | £2k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| IMAGINE FOUNDATION | 1 | £38k |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORD | 1 | £14k |
| QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £9k |
| THE NISBET TRUST | 1 | £8k |
| WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES | 1 | £8k |
| VINCI UK FOUNDATION | 1 | £6k |
| THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £4k |
| CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
Charities like this
- AKT UP
- SOCIABILITY
- INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST
- BRIDGES FOR COMMUNITIES
- THE INFRARED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
- INGOL AND TANTERTON COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERAKT COMMUNITY | £213k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AKT UP | £35k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SOCIABILITY | £92k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST | £4.8m | £100,001 - £110,000 | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BRIDGES FOR COMMUNITIES | £317k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE INFRARED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | £85k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |