SHACKLES OFF YOUTH & COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1194802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHACKLES OFF

Shackles Off provides groups, informal education, support and activities for children, young people and the local community. These activities take place in Copeland for the benefit of those living in this area.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN COPELAND AND CARRIED OUT IN AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:-1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B. ADVANCING EDUCATION;C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. 2. TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue operations. The trustees report that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due. No specific financial health metrics or reserves policy targets are explicitly stated in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 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
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Leechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALLISON JOAN HANSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET ANNE HARDY
• Rev Wendy Kilworth-Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheila Jean Falkner

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHILBOTTLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT.

• SHILBOTTLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT income £43k
• FOLKESTONE YOUTH PROJECT income £69k
• LITHERLAND YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £393k
• THE HOCKLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £70k

Side by side with its peers

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