ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY CIO

Registered charity 1211553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY, CUMBRIA LTD COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

AAW aim to improve mental wellbeing in West Cumbria by delivering accessible support services including 1:1 support, counselling, adult and youth groups, walking football, alternative therapies and awareness training for organisations/schools. We remove barriers such as transport, cost and lack of confidence, reducing isolation, building resilience and enabling early intervention before crisis.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING:A) ONE-TO-ONE COUNSELLING AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY SESSIONS;B) PROGRAMMES AND COURSES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH WELLBEING;C) GROUPS TO SUPPORT MARGINALISED AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE LGBTQ+ OR NEURODIVERSE, WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH POOR MENTAL HEALTH; D) WALKING FOOTBALL SESSIONS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £97,931 at the end of the period, comprising £52,419 in restricted funds and £45,512 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity incurred expenditure of £232,578 against incoming resources of £330,509, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janette Tearchair
• Callum Bryan Hyslop
• Hedieh Rashidimalekshah
• Kathryn Jane Wildgoose
• Kerry Hyslop · trustee of 1 other charity
• Megan Doran
• Nicola Gorrill
• Sonny David Smith · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE CIO.

• ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE CIO income £90k
• BETTER WAY RECOVERY income £566k
• AlongSide income £1.2m
• UNITED WAY income £537k
• STEPWAY income £159k
• WATERLOOVILLE AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £190k

Side by side with its peers

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