ALWAYS BEE YOU CIO

Registered charity 1203291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALWAYS BEE YOU CIC

Always Bee You CIO provides social and work opportunities for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health issues and parents/ carers from Hertfordshire and Essex.We provide recreational/leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve conditions of life.Assistance with volunteering, employment and respite, advice and guidance for carers

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS WHO LIVE IN EAST HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:A. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL/LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH GAINING VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYMENT;C. PROVIDING VOCATIONAL WORK BASED TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES;D. PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO PARENTS/CARERS;E. SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE.

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 reported a net deficit of £21,353 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £45,099 to £23,746. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £23,746 were slightly below the stated policy target of £24,800, a gap the trustees plan to address as soon as possible. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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

• Paul John Joneschair
• Alan Freeman
• Amanda Jane Aldridge
• Ian Cooper

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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