URBAN CIRCLE NEWPORT

Registered charity 1188058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Urban Circle Casnewydd

UCN has been a forward-thinking youth development charity that aims to help build, promote and sustain constructive community relationships and individual involvement using a variety of creative platforms. To provide opportunities for young people to be purposely active in pursuing the wellbeing benefits, career potential or formal education of youth & community or the arts sectors.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN SOUTH-EAST WALES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN PARTICULAR ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £88,547 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a negative net current asset position of £70,491. The trustees confirmed the going concern basis of accounting, asserting that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable despite current uncertain economic conditions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER LANDERSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deanna Henry
• Mark Iggulden
• ROY GRANT
• Roiyah Saltus
• Rosemary Laing

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWPORT ACROBATIC GYMNASTIC CLUB.

• NEWPORT ACROBATIC GYMNASTIC CLUB income £162k
• NEWPORT {SHROPSHIRE} COTTAGE CARE CENTRE TRUST LIMITED income £668k
• NEWPORT CAB income £1.5m
• NEWPORT PAGNELL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £166k
• 28TH NEWPORT SCOUT GROUP income £142k
• NEWPORT YOUTH CAFE PROJECT income £98k

Side by side with its peers

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