I CAN AND I AM LIMITED

Registered charity 1163075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's purpose is to advance the education of the public in developing self-belief by providing advice through motivational talks plus engaging workshops delivered on adapted double decker buses. Activities will be supported by the use of the charity's teaching resources by the school community. Primary beneficiaries will be young people, parents and those in pastoral care.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF INSPIRING THEIR SELF-BELIEF IN WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY CAN DO, IMPROVING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGING THEIR AMBITIONS TO ACHIEVE. THIS WILL BE DONE BY PROVIDING ADVICE IN PARTICULAR THROUGH MOTIVATIONAL TALKS, ONE ON ONE DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AND COUNSEL. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN PASTORAL CARE, BUT WILL INCLUDE OTHER PERSONS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,735 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £368,042. This reserve level is comfortably above the trustees' stated policy target of £235,000, which represents six months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue activities, although they note a dependency on future voluntary donations and trading revenues.

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 6 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 24/03/2022, 52 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES THOMAS CHARLES KENDALLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charlie Goddard
• Rebecca Hourston
• Sarah Seldon

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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