JUST-ICE POYNTON

Registered charity 1191728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Just-Ice Poynton operates an ice cream cafe in Poynton, Cheshire which provides trauma informed support to asylum seekers, refugees and survivors of modern slavery through employment, training, housing, community-belonging and holistic support at critical moments in their journey.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£330k

Latest spending

£325k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that Just-Ice Poynton reported a small operating deficit of £4,529 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the previous year. This deficit was attributed to increased salary costs for employing survivors and investments in café improvements, alongside poor weather affecting ice cream sales. Despite the deficit, the charity maintained positive net assets of £60,587 and an independent examiner confirmed the accounts were properly prepared.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Just-Ice Poynton (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanne Rodmanchair
Alison Jayne Moverley
Andrew North
Ann Nicholls
Brian Adrian Harwood
DAVID MCCLELLAND
Helen Irene Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
KAREN MARY MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£330k	£325k
31/12/2024	£284k	£289k
31/12/2023	£247k	£145k
31/12/2022	£171k	£123k
31/12/2021	£107k	£91k

Common questions

Is JUST-ICE POYNTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that Just-Ice Poynton reported a small operating deficit of £4,529 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the previous year. This deficit was attributed to increased salary costs for employing survivors and investments in café improvements, alongside poor weather affecting ice cream sales. Despite the deficit, the charity maintained positive net assets of £60,587 and an independent examiner confirmed the accounts were properly prepared. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds JUST-ICE POYNTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JUST-ICE POYNTON as a grant recipient include THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Helen Irene Kershaw — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£6k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST	FY2025	£6k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	Youth
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER	FY2025	£4k	to further the work the charity was doing within the area to help people who have been rescued from slavery
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER	FY2024	£3k	donation
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER	FY2023	£2k	to further the work the charity was doing within the area to help people who have been rescued from slavery
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE WITH ST MARTIN, POYNTON, CHESTER	FY2022	£1k	to further the work the charity was doing within the area to help people whom have been rescued from slavery
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£400	Part time staff to support work with vulnerable children & young people
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION	FY2025	—	Community support scheme grant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TRUST FOR LONDON	4	£577k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	3	£30k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£195k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£156k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	2	£105k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	2	£50k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	2	£9k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUSTICE & CARE.

JUSTICE & CARE income £5.1m
'JUST LOVE' income £387k
JUSTICE income £1.7m
JUSTLIFE FOUNDATION income £2.0m
Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.6m
HOPE FOR JUSTICE income £7.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JUST-ICE POYNTON	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JUSTICE & CARE FY2024	£5.1m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	above	—	no doubt
'JUST LOVE' FY2025	£387k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JUSTICE FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	above	21.0%	no doubt
JUSTLIFE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.