CHILDREN'S CHRONIC ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1185378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCAA KIDS WITH ARTHRITIS, CHILDRENS CHRONIC ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION

CCAA provides support and information to families of children diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). This is achieved through the website, social media, literature, a network of CCAA Local Area Family Groups, and by hosting Annual Family Support Weekends that offer opportunities to improve their understanding of the disease and treatment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TO PROMOTE, SUSTAIN AND INCREASE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £85,990, which is higher than its stated policy target of 12 months' average expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £14,722 for the year, indicating that its resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media 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 — CCAA Kids with Arthritis (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carl Wescottchair
• Amy Wescott
• Daniel Madge
• GLENDA DALTON
• Matilda Piper
• Miriana Marcetic
• Rhiannon Godden
• Richard Piper
• SUSAN CATHERINE WESCOTT

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Juvenile Arthritis Research.

• Juvenile Arthritis Research income £103k
• THE NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SOCIETY income £1.7m
• THE CHILDREN'S HYPERINSULINISM CHARITY income £79k
• IA - FOUNDATION income £55k
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH income £1.5m
• THE CJD SUPPORT NETWORK income £261k

Side by side with its peers

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