JIGSAW EVENTS

Registered charity 1178363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JIGSAW

Jigsaw is about friends good times and going places. It aims to improve community inclusion and social opportunities for people with a learning disability living in Sandwell and Dudley who have limited opportunities and do not get support from other services. It organises a range of outings, one-off events and regular activities such as a monthly curry club and prize bingo sessions

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BLACK COUNTRY AND BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING SOCIAL AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISABILITY AND POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received funding from the Inclusive Communities fund and the National Lottery, which the trustees believe will enable operations until at least March 2026. The previous grant from the National Lottery under Reaching Communities has been fully spent. The charity is exploring additional funding for future years.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Hurst
• Bhogal Singh Bhogal
• MICHELLE GOODWIN
• Neil Hale

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW CHARITY.

• JIGSAW CHARITY income £2.2m
• JIGSAW (BURY) income £108k
• JIGSAW SUPPORT SCHEME income £80k
• JIGSAW YOUTH GROUP income £55k
• THE JIGSAW CLUB income £36k
• JIGSAW THORNBURY income £240k

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