COBRIDGE COMMUNITY MULTI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 518391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Cobridge Community Multicultural Association (CCMA) serve it`s community by recognising the social, welfare and education needs within Stoke and the West Midlands. We also provide a range of activities to support the elderly, BMEs and young people in our local community; Luncheon Club, Keep Fit for the elderly, Carnival & Salsa Dance, Caribbean cooking classes and a range of training course.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND THE BOROUGH OF NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OROF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH AND LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY ON THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECT

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted payments exceeded receipts by £6,950, resulting in a year-end unrestricted balance of £11,634. The trustees consider an appropriate level of free reserves to be between three and six months of running expenses, amounting to at least £6,000. The charity holds freehold land and buildings and has current liabilities including trade creditors and accruals.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 03/11/2026, 3 days after the 31/10/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Humbert Mark Salmon Mrchair
• CAROLYN ANN JACKSON
• CLARICE MCCLAUSLAND
• CLIVE SAVAGE
• STEADMAN THAW
• Trevor Clifton Smith
• Vicki Patterson

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLTMAN AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• COLTMAN AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £26k
• THE COVENTRY MUSLIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £552k
• MULTICULTURAL CUMBRIA income £200k
• THURMASTON COMMUNITY SOCIAL ASSOCIATION income £34k
• CWMPARC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £296k
• WOODLANDS COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £123k

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