COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE

Registered charity 1198974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the Charity are:- advancing education for the benefit of the public, in particular, by the promotion of vocational skills training and apprenticeships- the relief of unemployment through assistance and support to find employment especially among people who are disadvantaged by financial hardship, disability, ill health, discrimination, or poor educational or skills attainment

Objects

(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROMOTION OF AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS;(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH, DISCRIMINATION, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT OR SOME OTHER REASON AND/OR WHO ARE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED OR OTHERWISE MOST DISTANT FROM THE WORKPLACE; AND(C) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £104,309 for the year ended 30 June 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £282,713. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to fund planned activities and maintain the going concern basis, noting no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operational existence.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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

• Frederick John Bentley
• Gordon David Shirley BSc
• Jayne Stringer
• Stephen Timothy James Porter
• Tracey Jayne O'Brien MBA BA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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