ALINGTON HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 27 March 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05621637
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £144,479
Latest expenditure: £111,000
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: ALINGTON HOUSE C. A., ALINGTON HOUSE, 4 NORTH BAILEY, DURHAM, DH1 3ET

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.alingtonhouse.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We target work with groups that face disadvantage including economic, social and educational disadvantages. We promote celebration of difference through single gender work, asylum seeker and refugee work, and other marginalised group work.We offer training to unemployed residents in the deprived Durham Coalfields area and work on an outreach basis to offer volunteering roles to those in need.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £144,479
Total Gross Expenditure: £111,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 23 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £143,071
Total Gross Expenditure: £121,435

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 26 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 26 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £104,868
Total Gross Expenditure: £113,435

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 3 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 3 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £120,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £140,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 3 September 2021
Date Accounts Received: 3 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £96,872
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,011

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £144,479
Total Gross Expenditure: £111,000
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £6,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £143,071
Total Gross Expenditure: £121,435
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 26 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £104,868
Total Gross Expenditure: £113,435
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 3 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £120,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £140,000
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £14
Income From Government Contracts: 3720
Income From Government Grants: £54,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 3 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £96,872
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,011
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £54,184
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ALINGTON HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-03-27T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/11/2005NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29/05/2013
Charitable Objects: A) TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF DURHAM CITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT')B) TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION, ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT.C) IN CARRYING OUT THE ABOVE, TO RESIST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE, GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, POLITICAL PERSUASION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OTHER PERSONAL DIFFERENCES.
Area Of Benefit: DURHAM CITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures