HAPPY VALLEY PRIDE

Registered charity 1193168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Happy Valley Pride promote equality and diversity for the public benefit across the Upper Calder Valley and theBorough of Calderdale, and the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation orgender identity

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACROSS THE UPPER CALDER VALLEY AND THE BOROUGH OF CALDERDALE, AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION, ISSUES AND DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THE LIVES OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER PLUS OTHER SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN;(B) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY & DIVERSITY AND FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BY CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGBTQI+ PEOPLE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY;(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WHETHER BY TEACHING, INTERACTION, PERFORMANCE OR PRODUCING AND/OR DISPLAYING ARTISTIC AND OTHER MATERIALS;(D) PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, MEDIA, PROMOTING PUBLIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS;(E) ASSOCIATION WITH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND/OR GOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES TO DEVELOP AND MAXIMISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CIO FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE; AND(F) STAGING AND PROMOTING LGBTQI+ EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IN PARTICULAR AN ANNUAL LGBTQI+ FESTIVAL.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £24,622 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £45,639 to £21,017. The trustees have established a reserves policy with a minimum capital requirement of £3,000, which matches the designated fund balance carried forward. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Casserly Stewart
• Ashleigh Frances Vinall
• Emma Logan
• Joseph Hand
• Laura Ford
• Ruth Thompson-Davies

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARWICKSHIRE PRIDE.

• WARWICKSHIRE PRIDE income £118k
• READING PRIDE income £101k
• CORNWALL PRIDE income £155k
• CHESTER PRIDE income £362k
• CARDIFF WALES LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER MARDI GRAS income £698k
• AGE UK CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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