TEESSIDE ABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE
Registered charity 508551 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TASC
The charity provides personal care and life skills learning opportunities to adults with cerebral palsy and associated disabilities in a Day Centre setting
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity operated with a modest surplus and retained a good reputation with its Local Authority and NHS customers. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves are held between £351,345 and £702,690, a range established by policy to cover three to six months of expenditure. The trustees believe this level of reserves allows the charity to continue current activities in the event of significant funding reductions.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of resources expended (held: £999k)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the free reserves") held by the charity should be between 3 and 6 months of the resources expended, which equates to between £351,345 and £702,690 in general funds.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Chipchase Manners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Teesside Ability Support Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- ALISON MARY OSBORNE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Annette Heath
- Dr Maryam Shadman-Pajouh
- Dr Sina Joneidy
- Emma Jane Briggs
- LESLEY JANE MAGSON · trustee of 2 other charities
- LINDA DIANE SIDGWICK
- Laura Hannah Tarran
- Margaret Annett
- Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad
- Stephen Sidgwick
- Wayne Edward Mason
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TEESSIDE ABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with a modest surplus and retained a good reputation with its Local Authority and NHS customers. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves are held between £351,345 and £702,690, a range established by policy to cover three to six months of expenditure. The trustees believe this level of reserves allows the charity to continue current activities in the event of significant funding reductions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chipchase Manners.
Who funds TEESSIDE ABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TEESSIDE ABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE as a grant recipient include The Teesside Charity, TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.
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