SPECTRA

Registered charity 1174045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Health and well-being services for individuals and communities most at need of support to improve their sexual and emotional health and well-being. Services include counselling, health checks, including HIV testing, social and support groups, one to one support and advocacy, safer sex information and packs.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS IN LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR GROUPS WHO ARE SOCIALLY MARGINALISED, AT PARTICULAR RISK AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BY PROVIDING PEER LED CLEAR, ACCURATE AND CREDIBLE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £130,025, representing a net increase from the previous year's £64,407. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confirm the charity remains a going concern. Total income for the year was £83,090 against charitable expenditure of £55,631.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

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.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Jane Byrne
• Saielle DaSilva
• Susan Jean Dunn

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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