EN:Communities CIO

Registered charity 1163304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EN:ABLE COMMUNITIES CIO

EN:Able Communities works in partnership with social housing providers in Northern England to 1) Support the relief of poverty2) Enable social mobility through the provision and financial support of training and employment 3) Assistance and support for the provision of community facilities 4) The protection or conservation of the environment

Objects

The promotion for the public benefit of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular, such areas in the Yorkshire and Humber, the North East, North West and East Midlands regions) by all or any of the following means:a) The relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fitb) The relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employmentc) The advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people with work experienced) The provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help;i. In setting up their own business, orii. To existing businessese) The creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings and/or land for use on favourable termsf) The provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housingg) The maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenitiesh) The preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importancei) The provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and/or those who, by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilitiesj) The protection or conservation of the environmentk) The provision of public health facilities and childcarel) The promotion of public safety and prevention of crime andm) Such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £78,146 against expenditure of £16,893, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £211,532, which exceeds the trustees' determined appropriate level of £200,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Champ
• Ken Taylor
• Lee Winterbottom
• Suzanne Blakley Taylor

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION income £1.7m
• EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £215k
• ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• LOCAL WELCOME CIO income £175k
• Centre for Thriving Places income £494k

Side by side with its peers

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