SERENDIPITY CREATIVE WRITERS' GROUP

Registered charity 1201197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a mental health charity open to everyone; We provide a warm safe space for people to meet together, reducing loneliness and isolation, to write creatively about generic exercises (very much user led), although you do not have to be able to write. We talk and share experiences. Our two hour workshops and refreshments are free. We aim to improve mental health and aid better quality of life.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, POOR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN YORKSHIRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SUPPORTED OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND PRACTISE CREATIVE WRITING

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £1,046 at year-end, which is substantially below its stated policy target of £20,500 to £82,000. The trustees report that they continue to seek additional funding to strengthen future resilience, indicating a dependency on securing further resources to maintain operations.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Rhodes
• Gemma Blagbrough
• Jayne Shepherd
• Joanne Campbell
• Mira Fadel

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Serendipity Foundation Limited.

• The Serendipity Foundation Limited income £101k
• BEYOND REFLECTIONS income £158k
• POETSIN income £209k
• LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE (CIO) income £194k
• CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED income £180k
• CREATIVE LIVING CENTRE income £452k

Side by side with its peers

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