CAUSE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1195836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide hampers to families and individuals in need. Our benefactors are typically nominated by Social Workers, Schools or other charities.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN THE TEES VALLEY AND NORTH YORKSHIRE AREAS BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves stood at £57,131, comprising £56,184 in bank and £947 in gift vouchers. The trustees note that the main financial risk is the loss of donations due to economic uncertainty, but confirm that funds are held to plan for the charity's short, medium, and long-term future. No material deficits or going concern issues were reported.

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 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CAUSE FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patricia McBride BEMchair
• Carol Cross
• Craig Richard Adamson
• Julie Ann Hull
• Marie Therese Kilgallon
• NICHOLAS MACK · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Darlington · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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