CENTRE FOR OUTCOMES OF CARE

Registered charity 1189874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We carry out, review and support research to improve services for children and young people receiving social. This includes developing and supporting services to develop assessment and practice tools. We also seek to improve policy by campaigning for evidence based policy at both national and local levels.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO: TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SOCIAL CARE BY IMPROVING THE SOCIAL CARE SERVICE THEY RECEIVE BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN AND RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE AND BY PROMOTING AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY, PRACTICE AND SERVICES IN CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £18,628 for the year, reducing its total funds to £1,934. The trustees report a reserves policy target of achieving three months of operational costs by April 2027, but the current reserves are significantly below this target. The document notes a focus on increasing resilience through sustainable income and cost control, with no material uncertainty regarding going concern disclosed.

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

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 31/03/2023 (received 19/12/2024, 323 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/06/2023, 122 days after the 31/01/2023 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

• Dr Mark Kerr

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

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

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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