WHERE NEXT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 517248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHADES OF GREEN, WHERE NEXT

Provides work placements and training for people with learning difficulties.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND TO RELIEVE NEED AMONG UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, RESIDENT IN REDDITCH AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AS A RESULT OF BEING MENTALLY OR PHYSIC ALLY HANDICAPPED OR SOCIALLY DEPRIVED OR DISADVANTAGED.

Area of benefit: REDDITCH AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redditch, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity effectively broke even with a deficit of £455 for the year ended 31 December 2025, supported by stable turnover of £752,576 and controlled expenditure. Total reserves remained virtually unchanged at £577,500, with unrestricted reserves of £548,945, indicating a stable financial position despite inflationary pressures.

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 5 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
• Investing charity funds 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Where Next Association (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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

• TIM TWYNAMchair
• Carl James
• Ian Chavasse
• Karen Martin
• Lesley Evans
• MRS MYSIE RAINE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Wheatcroft
• ROGER WILLIAM READ

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

• HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £124k
• TRELOAR TRUST income £32.3m
• ASIST income £1.4m
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• FULL FACT income £3.1m
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k

Side by side with its peers

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