COMMUNITY FIRST (PETERBOROUGH)

Registered charity 1181332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO, which are solely for the public benefit of the inhabitants of the Peterborough Op Can-Do area, are as follows: 1) To preserve and promote good health 2) To promote the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupations 3) To help young people through leisure time activities 4) To advance the education of children and young people

Objects

The objects of the CIO, which are solely for the public benefit of the inhabitants of the Peterborough Op Can-Do area, are as follows: 1) To preserve and promote good health through services that have a proven beneficial effect to the people residing in the area of benefit by: a) Providing activities, such as exercise classes, to improve general health. b) Providing opportunities to attend informational sessions relating to specific health needs, such as mental health and dementia care, of those residing in the area of benefit, that are not readily available via the statutory services. 2) To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the specified area of benefit the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupations by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances with the object of improving the condition of life of said inhabitants by: a) Providing opportunities to socialise and integrate through recreational activities such as social gatherings, gardening groups, litter picking etc. 3) To help young people who are inhabitants of the specified area of benefit, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. 4) To advance the education of children and young people in Peterborough by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education and training. a) To advance for the public benefit the education of children and young people in such ways as the Trustees think fit, including but not limited to: 1) The provision of extra-curriculum tuition in subjects such as Mathematics, English and Science. 2) The development of individual capabilities, competencies and understanding through interventions such as mentoring. 3) To provide for the recreation of children and young people by providing facilities and services to them, with the particular (but not limited) aim of helping students gain places at Universities, Colleges or Institutions of Higher Education. 4) To provide skill-based training in vocational subjects including but not limited to: plumbing, electrical, carpentry and vehicle mechanics.

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 funds increased to £50,968, maintaining the trustees' policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £17,436 for the year, with total income of £37,682 against charitable expenditure of £20,246. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIRIUM NAHEED
• MOHAMMED CAMRAN ARIF · trustee of 1 other charity
• MOHAMMED SAEED
• MOHAMMED SHAHID
• RUKHSANA KAUSER

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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