ACTIVE8

Registered charity 1163942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Active8 projects aim to empower and motivate young people with physical disabilities in Cornwall to become autonomous individuals by developing their skills, confidence, support structures and aspirations.We support Active8 members to challenge the status quo and be a catalyst for improvement in the quality of life of young individuals and our community.

Objects

TO EMPOWER AND MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN CORNWALL TO BECOME AUTONOMOUS INDIVIDUALS BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND ASPIRATIONS'.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £92,777 at the end of the financial year, which is above the charity's stated policy target of holding £59,000 in unrestricted reserve. The trustees have considered major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to manage them, indicating a stable financial position despite challenges in fundraising.

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 4 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
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Active8 (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK STEVENSchair
• Alison Thomas
• Cheryl Everitt
• Chloe Walker
• FELICITY GIBBINS
• James Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Dawn Saunders
• Mark Curtis
• Paul John Staniland

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 CORNWALL ACCESSIBLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM.

• CORNWALL ACCESSIBLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM income £72k
• ACTIVE PARTNERS TRUST income £2.2m
• ACTIVE INDEPENDENCE income £156k
• RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH income £53k
• ENVIRO ABILITY income £223k
• ACTIVATE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION SERVICES income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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