SPIRAL - PREVENTING THE EFFECT OF BULLYING

Registered charity 1179662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Spiral works with young people that have/are being effected by bullying or at higher risk of being targeted by bullying. We offer 1-21 support and group work to build emotional resilience in young people and their families.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE/ARE BEING BULLIED OR AT RISK OF BEING TARGETED BY BULLYING, IN CUMBRIA. THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE DONE BY 1-2-1 SUPPORT, GROUP WORK, AND MEDIATION. RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF BULLYING.

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 for the 15-month period ended 31st March 2025, the charity reported a net surplus of £39,000 against total income of £135,000 and expenditure of £96,000. The trustees ratified these accounts, noting that the surplus may be influenced by the timing of funding receipts relative to spending.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• 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 — Spiral - preventing the effects of bullying (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Brownchair
• Alan Rodney Culley
• Anna Bainbridge
• Anne-Marie Bainbridge · trustee of 3 other charities
• Margaret O'brien

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPIRAL SKILLS CIO.

• SPIRAL SKILLS CIO income £567k
• SPIRAL SUSSEX income £689k
• THE SPIRES CENTRE income £802k
• SOCIAL ORGANISATION FOR UNITY AND LEISURE (SOUL) income £494k
• YPI COUNSELLING income £196k
• SMILE GROUP income £281k

Side by side with its peers

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