U CAN SPRAY CIO

Registered charity 1173577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Founded in 2017 in order to inspire and engage young people from all backgrounds into cultural and artistic experiences through spray-painting. Our beneficiaries are anyone who is disengaged from society for reasons beyond their control. At CAN we specialise in an artform which speaks to young people in their language. Street- art,

Objects

(A)TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16 TO 24 WHO ARE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, OR TRAINING BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:I)ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND II)RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCING EDUCATION.(B)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY REASON OF POVERTY, ISOLATION, AGE, DISABILITY, ILLNESS, BULLYING, A RECORD OF OFFENDING OR OTHERWISE, THROUGH CREATIVE ART MAKING, SPRAY-PAINTING WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS WHICH ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS AND TO TAKE PART IN CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND FIND POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS.(C)TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR VISUAL ARTS, BY COMMISSIONING AND EXECUTING PUBLIC ART MURALS, INSTALLATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted cash funds of £13,708 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £26,161 and total payments of £37,377. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements.

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
• Internal risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE HELEN RICHARDS BA
• Lisa Helen Moore
• SARAH ELLEN GILLINGS MA

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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