Community Action Network — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 30 June 2000
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04024662
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,015,848
Latest expenditure: £3,015,038
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Northmead House, 30-34 Northmead Drive, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7XW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.can100.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We provide professional and practical support to organisations working within the voluntary and community sector in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset. We want to see these communities healthy, diverse, vibrant and flourishing. Our mission is to empower the voluntary sector, enable volunteering and involve communities. We believe that together, we CAN make a difference.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,015,848
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,015,038

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £957,686
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,404,383

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 1 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,074,719
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,116,412

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 24 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,144,909
Total Gross Expenditure: £692,588

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2021
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £553,011
Total Gross Expenditure: £493,174

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,015,848
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,015,038
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 12
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 605541
Income From Government Grants: £151,511
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £957,686
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,404,383
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 143038
Income From Government Grants: £143,038
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 22

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,074,719
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,116,412
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 232915
Income From Government Grants: £24,220
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 190

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,144,909
Total Gross Expenditure: £692,588
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £15
Income From Government Contracts: 338036
Income From Government Grants: £4,721,544
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2228

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £553,011
Total Gross Expenditure: £493,174
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Contracts: 115523
Income From Government Grants: £360,027
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 579

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 807
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 949337
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 65704
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1015848
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,015,038
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3015038
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 1548916
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 18494
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £50,878
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,559,048
Assets Total Liabilities: £108,022
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,451,026
Creditors One Year Total Current: 108022
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,369,507
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 703732
Funds Restricted: 1747294
Funds Total: 2451026
Count Employees: 30
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 10030
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 856756
Income Investments: 90900
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 957686
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,404,383
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1404383
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 62526
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 13403
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £52,114
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,450,216
Assets Total Liabilities: £0
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,450,216
Creditors One Year Total Current: 0
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,311,396
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 697280
Funds Restricted: 3752936
Funds Total: 4450216
Count Employees: 25
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 188
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1068296
Income Investments: 6047
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1074531
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,116,412
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1116412
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 180049
Expenditure Governance: 7500
Expenditure Support Costs: 14911
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £566,537
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £5,004,035
Assets Total Liabilities: £107,122
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,896,913
Creditors One Year Total Current: 107122
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,983,391
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 644654
Funds Restricted: 4252259
Funds Total: 4896913
Count Employees: 25
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 November 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 887
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 5142966
Income Investments: 1056
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5144909
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £692,588
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 692588
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 500
Expenditure Governance: 6500
Expenditure Support Costs: 16195
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £502,261
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,983,975
Assets Total Liabilities: £45,369
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,938,606
Creditors One Year Total Current: 45369
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,932,195
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 614776
Funds Restricted: 4323830
Funds Total: 4938606
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 15269
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 536563
Income Investments: 1179
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 553011
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £493,174
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 493174
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 41760
Expenditure Governance: 5496
Expenditure Support Costs: 5496
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £279,923
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £513,810
Assets Total Liabilities: £27,525
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £486,285
Creditors One Year Total Current: 27525
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £456,206
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 428673
Funds Restricted: 57612
Funds Total: 486285
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Poole
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dorset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bournemouth
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Community Action Network
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-03-20T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 5001804
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1128227
Assoc Charity Name: POOLE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Charity Name: Community Action Network
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2000-06-30T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/2013 as amended on 22 Aug 2019 as amended on 29 Nov 2019 as amended on 04 Nov 2020
Charitable Objects: 4(1) To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Dorset and the surrounding areas (hereinafter called "the area of benefit") and, in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.4(2) To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together representatives of the voluntary organisations and statutory authorities within the area of benefit.
Area Of Benefit: BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE, DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 402037
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BOURNEMOUTH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Charity Name Id: 623512
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CAN

Charity Name Id: 619663
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Bournemouth and Poole CVS

Charity Name Id: 402052
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BOURNEMOUTH CVS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management