TAKE A PART CIO

Registered charity 1192298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAKE A PART CIC

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Latest income

£350k

Latest spending

£303k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £29,648, which is below its stated policy target of £33,415. Despite this shortfall, the trustees report a stronger overall financial position with total reserves increasing to £141,787 from £95,467 in the prior year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £30k; policy: equal to or greater than the total amount owed to staff in the event of redundancy, plus an additional £5,000 for legal expenses related to the redundancy process)

“At year-end, the free reserve target for redundancy and legal costs was £33,415. The charity held £29,648 in unrestricted funds as of 31 March 2025, which falls short of the required free reserve target.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Take a Part Trading Limited donated profits of £18,220 to parent charity Take A Part CIO.

“During the year ended 31 March 2025, Take a Part Trading Limited donated its profits of £18,220 (2024: £17,910) to its parent charity, Take A Part CIO.” — page 21

“At 31 March 2025, Take a Part Trading Limited owed £4,862 (2024: fnil) to its parent charity, Take A Part CIO.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Take a Part Trading Limited owed £4,862 to parent charity Take A Part CIO.

“During the year ended 31 March 2025, Take a Part Trading Limited donated its profits of £18,220 (2024: £17,910) to its parent charity, Take A Part CIO.” — page 21

“At 31 March 2025, Take a Part Trading Limited owed £4,862 (2024: fnil) to its parent charity, Take A Part CIO.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Gerard Mark Leahychair
Dr Charlotte Sophie Hope
Georgina Kennedy
Helen Duffy
Jaana Erkkila-Hill
James McQuaid
Joanna Plimmer
Karen Mary Pilkington
Nyasha Daley
Rocca Holly-Nambi

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£350k	£303k
31/03/2024	£305k	£265k
31/03/2023	£264k	£260k
31/03/2022	£317k	£266k

Common questions

Is TAKE A PART CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £29,648, which is below its stated policy target of £33,415. Despite this shortfall, the trustees report a stronger overall financial position with total reserves increasing to £141,787 from £95,467 in the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TAKE A PART CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TAKE A PART CIO as a grant recipient include LITERATURE WORKS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LITERATURE WORKS	FY2022	£500

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/03/2026	£85k	"Tides and Tales"
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/02/2025	£20k	Rolling Together: Building Community Through Skateboarding in Plymouth
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	29/11/2024	£100k	Take A Part Ocean Creative and Citizen Action
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	06/06/2024	£22k	Social Making Symposium 2024
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2022	£100k	"Coxside Echoes: Creating Happier and Healthier Blue Spaces via Community-Led Heritage Projects"
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/01/2022	£10k	Happier Blue Spaces: Addressing AntiSocial Behaviour&Social Isolation in Coxside
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2021	£10k	Coxside COVID Communications
UK government	17/12/2020	£51k	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2020	£10k	"COVID19 Take A Part CIC"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/10/2018	£62k	"Mayflower Reverberations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/09/2015	£10k	"Efford Pub Sign"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/03/2015	£20k	"Saltram Heritage Activity/Interpretive Trail"