MEETING THE NEEDS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 18 September 2003
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2026
Latest income: £361
Latest expenditure: £601
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 29 BETJEMAN WAY, CREWE, CW1 5FS

02 Activities

What the charity does

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but not exclusively, in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria and to or for such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall decide

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £361
Total Gross Expenditure: £601

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 2 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £362
Total Gross Expenditure: £416

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 12 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £332
Total Gross Expenditure: £305

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £603
Total Gross Expenditure: £200

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £365
Total Gross Expenditure: £200

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Bulgaria
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Romania
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Moldova
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

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

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MEETING THE NEEDS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2003-09-18T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST EXECUTED ON 24 JUNE 2003 AND DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 8 MAY 2007
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN ROMANIA, MOLDOVA AND BULGARIA AND TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.
Area Of Benefit: ROMANIA, MOLDOVA AND BULGARIA

08 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff