MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER

Registered charity 1209508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEAM

MEAM supports local areas across the country to transform services and systems for people facing multiple disadvantage.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE PEOPLE IN NEED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY, TRAUMA, ABUSE OR NEGLECT AND WHO EXPERIENCE A RANGE OF DISADVANTAGES SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL ILL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BY WORKING TO CREATE COORDINATED SERVICES THAT CAN DELIVER HOLISTIC AND SUSTAINABLE INTERVENTIONS FOR SUCH PEOPLE.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £90,959 for the period, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £248,864 to £215,395. The trustees confirm that the current unrestricted reserves of £215,395 meet the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£211,000). The reduction in reserves was attributed to lower than expected commercial income during the period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Lyn Lucas
• Deborah Jenkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachael Sheahan Smith
• Rick Henderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Patrick O'Neill
• Tom Hayden
• Wendy Helen Eley
• William Roger Henry Haydock · trustee of 1 other charity

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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