ENGAGE

Registered charity 1175761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Engage, a rural charity in Wealden, provides socialisation opportunities for older vulnerable people at the TN22 club and dementia activities and carers' respite at the TN22 Plus club. Engage promotes social inclusion, health and wellbeing through the provision of lunch clubs, therapeutic activities and outings. Staff and volunteers are committed to combating loneliness and social isolation.

Objects

WORDING IN CLAUSE 3 AND REPLACE IT WITH:1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE OVER 60 IN THE TN22 AREA OF WEALDEN AND ROTHER WHO HAVE DEMENTIA OR MEMORY LOSS AND THEIR CARERS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT;2. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ELDERLY PERSONS IN THE TN22 AREA OF WEALDEN AND ROTHER WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A RURAL ISOLATED AREA AND LIVE ALONE, ARE HOUSE-BOUND, OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR EASILY ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT, BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OUTINGS AND SOCIAL TRIPS INCLUDING TRANSPORT TO AND FROM HOME.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £29,275 and restricted reserves at £17,653, resulting in total funds of £46,929. The trustees have determined that unrestricted reserves should equate to 20% of total funds to provide working capital and a cushion for emergencies. The charity relies heavily on grant funding and donations to cover staffing and operational costs, with paid staff described as a necessity for function.

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.

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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — TN22 Clubs (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• tesco — “A big thank you to Our Funders tesco” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Roberta Smyth Mrschair
• Amanda Mary Chapman · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET TOURELL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Janice Stuart-Menteath
• Julie Maria Fitzgerald
• PETER DAMIAN SMYTH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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