PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNITY
User-led charity providing services, activities, advocacy, opportunities for expert by experience research and advice for people with learning disabilities.
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AUTISM, LEARNING DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS LIVING IN SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN SUCH A WAY AS THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity is on track with its budget and finances for the year ending March 2025. The trustees note that the organization does not own or lease property and relies on grants and a service level agreement with Active Prospects for administration costs. The document highlights concerns regarding future funding for social care services and recruitment shortages.
What the accounts disclose
“We have partnered with the University of Surrey to help achieve better outcomes for people, such as training for midwives on how to support parents with a learning disability.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 45
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 25
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 10
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Trustees
- Micheal Farringtonchair
- ELIZABETH WHEELER
- Edward Cooke
- Helen Guest Married
- Jade Vallance
- LEANNE YEO
- Matthew Leadbeater
- Michael McLachlan
- emma jane levalle
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £84k | £83k |
| 31/03/2024 | £80k | £80k |
| 31/03/2023 | £79k | £76k |
| 31/03/2022 | £101k | £73k |
Common questions
Is PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is on track with its budget and finances for the year ending March 2025. The trustees note that the organization does not own or lease property and relies on grants and a service level agreement with Active Prospects for administration costs. The document highlights concerns regarding future funding for social care services and recruitment shortages.
Who funds PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £2k | Activities for this charity aiming to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 03/04/2023 | £24k | Project Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/01/2023 | £9k | Core costs for Pro-Active Community |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £32k |
| NFL FOUNDATION UK | 1 | £200k |
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | 1 | £175k |
| TARPORLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TRUST | 1 | £116k |
| VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM | 1 | £83k |
| YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION | 1 | £42k |
| YOUNG MANCHESTER | 1 | £31k |
| ENERGISE ME | 1 | £21k |
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- PEOPLE IN ACTION
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNITY | £84k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ACTIVE INDEPENDENCE | £156k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED | £1.9m | — | 2 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENDEAVOURS | £252k | — | 0 | below | — | noted |
| COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. | £2.5m | — | — | above | 71.5% | no doubt |
| PEOPLE IN ACTION | £11.4m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |