BLUE CABIN CIO

Charity Number: 1195152
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Blue Cabin nurtures meaningful relationships between care experienced individuals, and the people and organisations who are part of their lives. Creativity is at the heart of all that we do. We prioritize work in the North East. We provide access to creative experiences, training for the adults in their lives and carry out research and evaluation to influence practice and policy.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £480,847
Total expenditure: £398,503

Total income includes £126,710 from 12 government contract(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

1 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

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 July 2021: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • BLUE CABIN (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not 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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
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
Adam David Kent Chair 13 July 2021
None on record
Wendy Price Trustee 10 July 2023
None on record
Sedil Kilic Trustee 01 February 2022
None on record
Catherine Hearne Trustee 11 October 2021
None on record
Mark Dibble Trustee 11 October 2021
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £667.15k £307.92k £480.85k
Total expenditure £443.46k £330.44k £398.50k
Income from government contracts £92.90k £55.33k £126.71k
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £164.31k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £502.85k N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment £0 N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £443.46k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 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 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 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 - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Jul 2021

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CARE-EXPERIENCED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE UK BY INFLUENCING POLICY, CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CREATIVE EXPERIENCES, TO HELP THEM TO GAIN SKILLS, INCREASE IN CONFIDENCE, BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Contact information

Address:
13 Brighton Gardens
GATESHEAD
NE8 4SN
Phone:
07967719949
Email:
hello@wearebluecabin.com
Website:

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