Cumberland Occupational and Social Centre

Registered charity 1198584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COPELAND OCCUPATIONAL AND SOCIAL CENTRE

The Charity provides Occupational & Social activities to people with physical disabilities over the age of 18 years.These activities include interacting with Social Media, domestic skills, excersise and challenge through games and visits to external places and organisations to improve social skills. The activities take place during weekdays in the main and are aimed at confidence building.

Objects

TO RELIEVE DISABLED ADULTS AGED 18 AND OVER WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £27,413.12 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the cessation of previous support grants and increased costs. Despite this deficit, the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £392,267.01, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining reserves sufficient to meet on-going costs for approximately one year. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Wrightchair
• AIDAN BENNETT
• Sophia Atcha
• Susan Bland

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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