CONNECT FOUNDATION (NORTH LINCS)

Registered charity 1197199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONNECT FOUNDATION

Relief of Poverty

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; AND4.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

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

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

Registered contact address: North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a small deficit in unrestricted funds, resulting in a net current asset position of £856. Despite this, the charity reports that its projects are in healthy or growing positions and anticipates continued demand for its services. The trustees have agreed on new financial practices to generate unrestricted income to support future growth and address the deficit.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas MacDonaldchair
• Fiona Kirby-Smith
• Paul Kirby-Smith
• Rev ALAN PIKE

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOBLE CONNECTION.

• NOBLE CONNECTION income £118k
• RECONNECTED income £319k
• CONNECTIONS OF HOPE FOUNDATION income £150k
• COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. income £2.5m
• CONNECT GROUP income £85k
• CONNECTIONS TRUST income £116k

Side by side with its peers

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