WE ALL MATTER

Registered charity 1170638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAM

WAM Youth is a faith based charity in Gloucestershire. It supports vulnerable young people to be confident in their identity and to build resilience for life by offering a range of services from open access groups and PSHE lessons to intensive one to one outdoor education and mentoring. Our core value is that "We All Matter" and the Christian ethos translates into our work as practical values.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;C. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND PSHE (PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION) SERVICESD. RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY ENABLING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WINCHCOMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS3. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITFOR:- CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE- OTHER CHARITIES OR VOLUNTARY BODIES- THE GENERAL PUBLIC/MANKINDBY:- PROVIDING HUMAN RESOURCES, BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE, SERVICES, ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION IN WINCHCOMBE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, THE UK OR WORLD.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing down, with the Board having taken the decision to cease operations due to viability concerns. The trustees reported that the accounts were not signed off by auditors because they were concerned about the charity's ability to continue in the long term. The charity dispersed its remaining finances to other charitable organizations upon closure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Impeychair
• Abigail Shurmer
• Bethany Collins
• Charles Richard Hastings
• Christopher Sands
• DAVID CHARLES AYRES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WORDS MATTER income £183k
• KIDS MATTER income £892k
• THE WATER ADVENTURE CENTRE income £107k
• EVERY LIFE MATTERS income £480k
• PEOPLE MATTERS (WEST YORKSHIRE) income £1.1m
• YMCA THAMES GATEWAY income £9.4m

Side by side with its peers

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