LANCASHIRE FIRST CIO

Registered charity 1197245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANCASHIRE FIRST, LANCASHIRE FIRST CIC

Working with of individuals with learning disabilities, their families and carers by the provision of appropriate workshops, events and activities. This includes operation of a shop which as well as providing funds also is there to give work opportunities and experience to our beneficiaries

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND BY EXTENSION THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS LIVING IN LANCASHIRE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE WORKSHOPS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £202,922 against a stated policy target of holding three months of expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £45,437 for the year, primarily driven by shop sales and grants, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MOAZZAM ALI
• MOHAMMAD IFTAKHAR
• MOHAMMED ISMAIL

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• Forum CIO income £2.1m
• MAKING SENSE CIO income £104k
• PEOPLE FIRST FORUM income £421k
• MISSION EMPLOYABLE income £1.1m
• JENNYRUTH WORKSHOPS LTD income £561k

Side by side with its peers

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