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Registered charity 1185334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to promote the resettlement and rehabilitation of ex-offenders in North and West Cumbria in order to reduce the risk of them re-offending, thereby contributing to the creation of safer communities. Working in cooperation with the Probation Service, it aims to do this by providing mentoring, advice and opportunities for work experience.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING IN ORDER TO REDUCE RATES OF RE-OFFENDING AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF SAFER COMMUNITIES, THROUGH, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, ADVICE, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £38,046.36 in cash assets with no liabilities reported. The trustees note that while the charity has sufficient funds to cover unavoidable costs, it is too early to establish a formal reserves policy. The organization relies on restricted grants and church contracts for income, with total income for the period recorded at £39,030.27.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Ian William Lewis Parkerchair
• Nancy Powell - Davies
• REV HILARY JAMES CLARKE
• REV PATRICIA ANNE ROGERS BD MSC
• Sharon Elizabeth WOOLLARD

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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