ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY SUPPORT HUB

Registered charity 1168398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A one stop shop to support the armed forces community in Warrington and the Cheshire area. This includes all veterans, early service leavers, reservists and their families from all three armed forces.This includes working with appropriate service providers, agencies,organisations and charities that assist military personnel. We also forge close links with NHS trusts in our area.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A SERVING SERVICE MAN AND WOMAN OF ALL THREE SERVICES INCLUDING THE RESERVES. VETERANS OF ANY ERA OR AGE, AS DEFINED BY GOVERNMENT AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, HUSBAND, WIFE OR PARTNER AND ANY DEPENDANTS. THIS INCLUDES ADULT INSTRUCTORS OF THE CADET FORCES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £1,698.63 for the year, which was covered by existing unrestricted reserves. At year-end, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,195.37, which the Trustees describe as modest but appropriate for ensuring operational continuity. The charity remains financially stable with low financial risk and stable unrestricted income.

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
• 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.

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 31/07/2021 (received 29/06/2022, 29 days after the 31/05/2022 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Citizens Advice — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• Royal British Legion — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• SAFFA — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• DMWS — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• Combat Stress — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• NHS — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• Help 4 Heroes — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• Cheshire Police — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)
• CGL Pathways to Recovery — “Our services are built on working in partnership with a number of trusted organisations including Citizens Advice, the Royal British Legion,…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Chandler
• Graham Worrod
• James William Appleton
• Leanne Booth

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY SUPPORT HUB (DEVON).

• ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY SUPPORT HUB (DEVON) income £27k
• HONOUR OUR ARMED FORCES income £38k
• THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND FAMILIES ASSOCIATION - FORCES HELP income £33.2m
• THE VETERANS CONTACT POINT income £106k
• THE ARMED FORCES EQUINE CHARITY income £1.6m
• HULL 4 HEROES income £599k

Side by side with its peers

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