HAVERING LEARNING DISABILITY SOCIETY

Registered charity 229483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAVERING L D SOCIETY, HAVERING MENCAP, SOUTH ESSEX SOCIETY FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (FORMERLY SOUTH ESSEX SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN)

Havering Learning Disability Society (also known as HLDS) is a charity established for the social activities, care, welfare and in the interests and advancement of people with learning disability in the Borough of Havering, covering Romford, Hornchurch, Rainham and Upminster areas.

Objects

THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, EDUCATION, TREATMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN THE BOROUGHS OF ROMFORD, ILFORD, BARKING, DAGENHAM, HORNCHURCH AND BRENTWOOD.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £190,903, comprising £166,721 in liquid funds and £23,727 in freehold property. The trustees report that funding covered all costs for the year, resulting in a net income of £1,201, and that reserves are sufficient to sustain activities for an indefinite number of years. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified.

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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian David Clements
• Brian John Burridge
• GRACE WOODS
• Karen Jane Hamilton
• Linda Caroline Kirby
• Lynne Julie Foreland
• Patricia Ann Kirby
• SANDRA KILLION
• Sandra Creighton Metcalf Burridge
• Stephen Peter Johns

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

Operates in: Essex · Havering

Income and spending

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