PULP FRICTION SMOOTHIE BAR CIO

Registered charity 1209412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pulp Friction Smoothie Bar CIO supports adults with Learning Disabilities and or Autism to develop their social, work readiness and independent living skills through a variety of activities that are person centered and focus on catering and hospitality, gardening and horticulture, social events such as running a choir. We work in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF A LEARNING DISABILITY (AND OR AUTISM) BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP SOCIAL, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. "LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE AND INCLUDES AUTISM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Broxtowe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £57,886.19 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total capital and reserves of £8,605.54. The trustees note that the charity remains financially resilient with appropriate controls, though continued external support is vital for future growth. The filing includes an independent examiner's report confirming the accounts were prepared in accordance with Charities Commissioners guidance.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pulp Friction Smoothie Bar (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shirley Dawn PILLARchair
• Christopher Jon EMMOTT
• Jessie CARTER-KAY
• Kamalakkannan Chokkalingam
• Kathryn Louise Meynell
• Rachel Hopewell
• Sandra Jane Pownall
• Susan Jill Carter MBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART IN MOTION CHARITABLE TRUST.

• ART IN MOTION CHARITABLE TRUST income £36k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PEOPLE FIRST LTD income £79k
• SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME income £68k
• AUTISM FORWARD CIO income £98k
• AUTISM HAMPSHIRE income £7.1m
• LONDON AUTISM GROUP CHARITY income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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