ADHD NORTH WEST

Registered charity 1186394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising of awareness of the general public regarding Attention Deficit Disorders and the provision of information, support and other services to assist children, young people and their families in the Lancashire area

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (A)RAISING AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS,(B)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR INFORMATION,SUPPORT AND OTHER SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF SUCH PERSONS AND,(C)BY ANY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,814 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total funds to £139,170. However, the unrestricted revenue funds are in a deficit of £777,498, while restricted funds stand at £916,668. The trustees note that the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of uncertain funding streams from grants and donations.

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 4 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.

• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ADHD North West (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Lawton
• Elaine Jennings
• Frederick Attwater · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maria Marco

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADHD FOUNDATION.

• ADHD FOUNDATION income £2.3m
• NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £228k
• ADHD Embrace income £174k
• ADHD UK income £176k
• CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST income £8.0m
• DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) income £675k

Side by side with its peers

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