PEAK EMPOWER

Registered charity 1187913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Born to Shine

We run a series of recreational activities to promote wellbeing and to help reduce social isolation. These activities range from craft and wellness sessions, sports respites, learning to cook on a budget, learning to grow fruits and vegetables, taking part in inclusive sports clubs to helping people to gain experience through volunteering.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE EAST MIDLANDS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY USING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND ASSISTING INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Area of benefit: WITHIN EAST MIDLANDS

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: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £913 to £2,087 during the year, while the charity utilised reserves to cover costs due to a reduction in grant funding for overheads. The trustees report that the reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure has been maintained throughout the year, although the absolute unrestricted balance is low relative to total expenditure.

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 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
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Wayne Tuckfieldchair
• Charlotte Ashby
• Kimberley Carey
• Sapphire Tuckfield

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with P.R.O.P. - PEOPLES RELIEF OF PRESSURE.

• P.R.O.P. - PEOPLES RELIEF OF PRESSURE income £46k
• MOXLEY PEOPLES CENTRE CHARITY income £88k
• POWER TO INSPIRE income £108k
• POWER AND PEACE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL income £371k
• BEYOND LIMITS income £193k
• SPACE income £256k

Side by side with its peers

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