CHAIN

Registered charity 289437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Undertaking voluntary work and related activities for the benefit of people who are elderly, sick or disabled or who are otherwise in need within the Town and Rural District of Hungerford.To offer advice and guidance to people willing to undertake voluntary service. Assist them in the provision of voluntary work putting them in touch with individual/statutory organisations seeking helpers.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: HUNGERFORD AND DISTRICT

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with £180,836 in cash and a net current asset position of £205,836, describing the financial position as 'very healthy'. The charity reported a net incoming resource increase of £38,412 for the year, driven by grants and donations, while maintaining unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover its operations without depleting funds for major capital purchases.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHAIN Hungerford (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daphne Elizabeth Angell
• Deanne Cripps
• Elizabeth Ann Pike
• George Ham · trustee of 1 other charity
• KATHY BOSSOM
• KEITH ROBERT KNIGHT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Keith Mayes
• Neale Marney · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

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