OUR SPACE (STAFFS) LTD

Registered charity 1169347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUR SPACE

The provision of play and recreational facilities and activities for children and adults with disabilities and their families.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH A DISABILITY (INCLUDING LEARNING DISABILITY, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, BEHAVIOURAL AND EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL MEANS, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION OF PLAY, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; AND(2) IN UNDERTAKING THE ABOVE, TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO OBTAIN RESPITE AND SUPPORT.

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: Newcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £29,577 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted funds of £408,982. The trustees state that current designated reserves of £80,000 meet the policy target of holding 6-9 months' running costs. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10007655 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Our Space (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JOHNSON, Faye Louise — director, appointed 04/04/2016on trustee list
• LOFTUS, Christina Marie — director, appointed 04/04/2016on trustee list
• DEAN, Hannah Ruth — director, appointed 16/02/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINA LOFTUS
• FAYE LOUISE JOHNSON
• HANNAH RUTH DEAN

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE.

• SPACE income £256k
• FLAT SPACES FOUNDATION income £27k
• AWARD SOLUTIONS LTD income £72k
• MY SHABBOS FAMILY income £29k
• KIDS KABIN income £385k
• YORK RI income £730k

Side by side with its peers

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