BLYTH RESOURCE & INITIATIVE CENTRE

Registered charity 1171347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIC

To support those who are looking to secure long-term employment within South East Northumberland.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BLYTH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO BUILD WORK EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS, PARTICULARLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR LOW-WAGED.2) 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 AND 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 INHABITANTS OF THE BLYTH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £159,269 against total expenditure of £156,442, resulting in a net income surplus of £2,827. Free/unrestricted reserves decreased from £62,616 to £56,407, while total funds increased to £71,512. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Raymond Snowdonchair
• Andrew Oliver
• Carla Louise Thompson
• Deborah Oliver
• Jonathan Eaton
• Sarah Louise Long

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

Operates in: Northumberland

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 THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST income £365k
• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m
• BLYTH WILDLIFE RESCUE income £66k
• BLYTH FOODBANK income £36k
• BLYTH MUSIC AND THEATRE COMPANY income £29k
• THE BELAY FOUNDATION income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.