CITIZEN OUTREACH COALITION

Registered charity 1175281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We will carry out our charitable objectives by;- providing social and recreational activities involving the local community;-providing job search skills workshops, life skills training and vocational training in photography skills;-providing activities that promote the history, culture of people of African & Caribbean descent living in the Merseyside area.-Improving mental/physical health

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY WORKING WITH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT RESIDENT IN MERSEYSIDE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED OR AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN AND THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;- PROVIDING JOB SEARCH SKILLS WORKSHOPS, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS;- PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT LIVING IN THE MERSEYSIDE AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £9,000 against a stated reserve policy target of at least £5,000. The charity reports total income of £48,865 and expenditure of £43,400, resulting in a surplus for the year. The trustees identify securing funding as the biggest challenge in the current financial climate.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Energy Industrial Voluntary Redress Scheme — “The project was made possible with support from the Energy Industrial Voluntary Redress Scheme.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• KIVEN EMMANUEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• TABOT CLARAH MENGOT
• Vitalis Tanteh
• William Besong

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Kenya · Sierra Leone · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).