COMPASS EDUCATION

Registered charity 1196810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

-Booster class session-Extension educational services-Adult Learning Provision-Informal youth coaching and mentoring -Advocacy of refugee and asylum seekers education

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN BOLTON, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:-PROVISION OF TRAINING SERVICES;-PROVISION OF HOMEWORK CLUB SESSIONS AND MENTORING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;-PROVISION OF ADULT LITERACY SESSIONS;-PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS FORUMS.-TO PROMOTE RESEARCH ON BARRIERS TO REFUGEE EDUCATION AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN KENYA AND IN INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMPS (IDPS) IN SOMALIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:-PROVISION OF TEACHING MATERIALS AND TEACHING AIDS;-PROVISION OF TRAINING TO SCHOOL TEACHERS;-PROVISION OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAININGS.

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

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

Latest income
£25k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable regulations or accounting records. The filing was signed on 31 January 2026 by the examiner, Cecilia Asamoah.

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 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Kenya · Somalia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£25k£18k
31/03/2024£25k£4k
31/03/2023£10k£8k

Common questions

Is COMPASS EDUCATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable regulations or accounting records. The filing was signed on 31 January 2026 by the examiner, Cecilia Asamoah. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMPASS EDUCATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMPASS EDUCATION as a grant recipient include BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2024£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£20kEnhancing learning and supporting vulnerable community members
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£10kProvision of Service and Supporting adult learners

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMPASS COLLECTIVE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMPASS EDUCATION£25k—0unclear—no doubt
COMPASS COLLECTIVE FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt
REACHACROSS (UK) FY2025£588k——unclear—no doubt
COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
COMPASS {COUNSELLING ON MERSEYSIDE - PASTORAL AND SUPPORTING SERVICE} FY2025£240k—0below—no doubt
ACADEMY FOR ANAESTHESIA EDUCATION FY2026£50k——unclear—no doubt

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