MEDWAY VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP CIO

Registered charity 1205002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDWAY VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP CIC

Donated tools and sewing machines etc are refurbished by volunteers, so contributing to a green environment with nothing sent to landfill. Crucially this equipment is passed to organisations creating sustainable businesses in the poorest parts of the world so improving livelihoods. Our Workshop became a charity in 2023 after 5 years of operation.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING TOOLS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR TO RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £11,219 for the year, with total receipts of £38,626 against payments of £27,407. Unrestricted cash funds increased to £23,023, bringing total funds to £29,523, which the trustees note remains below their policy target of one year's operating costs. The accounts were independently examined with no material matters raised.

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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Marklandchair
• Alun Pemberton
• Barry Peter Tipping
• Dr Rachel May Davey
• Lee Anthony Milledge
• Paul Martin Beck

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.