CHERNOBYL CHILDREN (EAST MIDLANDS)

Registered charity 1185795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) raises funds to support projects assisting children and families affected by the 1985 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN BELARUS AND THE UKRAINE WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE 1986 CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER, IN PARTICULAR BY RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO: (A) ENABLE AFFECTED CHILD VICTIMS TO VISIT THE UK FOR RECUPERATIVE BREAKS;(B) ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IN AFFECTED FAMILIES.

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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Registered contact address: Bolsover, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is a going concern with unrestricted reserves of £49,561. The trustees maintain a policy of holding a minimum cash balance of £15,000 to ensure adequate cash flow and the ability to pay liabilities. The principal source of funds was trading in the charity shop, with total receipts of £56,218 against payments of £67,506 for the period.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/01/2023 (received 03/11/2023, 2 days after the 01/11/2023 due date); year ending 01/01/2022 (received 17/11/2022, 16 days after the 01/11/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Coates
• Maureen Lawton
• Peter Brooker
• Stephen Dando
• Susan Wareham

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

Operates in: Belarus · Throughout England And Wales · Ukraine

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE.

• CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE income £351k
• CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S PROJECT (UK) income £108k
• CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST income £8.0m
• MICHAEL CRAWFORD CHILDRENS CHARITY income £132k
• CHILDREN NORTH EAST income £4.1m
• THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £563k

Side by side with its peers

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