THE HANGOUT

Registered charity 1182240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity commenced activities in October 2020, delivering an Equine facilitated behavioral change programme, outdoor learning and campfire sessions as well as animal interaction clubs. The charity also delivers access to some Heritage crafts, such as willow weaving and peg loom weaving, and gardening skills.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENE?T BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED. RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY ENHANCING LIFE SKILLS OF SUCH PEOPLE THROUGH HORSEMANSHIP TRAINING AND THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PURPOSEFUL ENGAGEMENT IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND CRAFTING WITH NATURAL MATERIALS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES (E.G. INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AFFECTIVE DISORDERS).

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £188.69 for the year ended 1 October 2025, with total income of £72,451.81 and expenditure of £72,640.50. The trustees report notes that the charity is likely to close around 2026 due to the landowner selling the site and the CEO stepping down, with funding secured only until May 2026 to orchestrate a gradual reduction in provision.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE ELIZABETH ELVES
• Jackie Bailey
• Philippa Jane Hoskins
• Susan Elaine James

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

Operates in: Throughout 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).