ACCESS BEDFORD

Charity Number: 1162947
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

1 Raising public awareness of the issues affecting deaf people 2 Campaigning for the promotion of British Sign Language to be on an equal footing to spoken and written English 3 Providing recreational facilities and opportunities for deaf people to integrate with the hearing community

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 April 2024

Total income: £26,535
Total expenditure: £29,203

People

5 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 July 2015: CIO registration
  • 11 December 2018: Funds received from 1007708 BEDFORD ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF(1991)
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • Deaf Access Bedfordshire (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian Dellbridge Trustee 17 May 2024
None on record
Claire Margaret Jones Trustee 17 May 2024
None on record
Rebecca James Trustee 03 May 2023
None on record
HELENE BOLTON Trustee 27 June 2018
None on record
CATHERINE WRIGHT Trustee 01 May 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/04/2020 01/04/2021 01/04/2022 01/04/2023 01/04/2024
Total gross income £10.13k £14.30k £10.26k £31.58k £26.54k
Total expenditure £6.53k £10.35k £15.07k £19.24k £29.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £3.00k N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 01 April 2024 20 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2024 20 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2023 19 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2023 19 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2022 19 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2022 19 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2021 07 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2021 07 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2020 23 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2020 23 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Association Registered 31 Jul 2015

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY LIVING IN BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING BY: 1. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING DEAF PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION; 2. CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PROMOTION OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE TO BE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING TO SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH; AND 3. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEAF PEOPLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THE HEARING COMMUNITY.

Contact information

Address:
COLLETT HULANCE
40 KIMBOLTON ROAD
BEDFORD
MK40 2NR
Phone:
07376262873
Email:
info@accessbedford.org.uk
Website:

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