01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 7 October 2010
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 06210121
- Financial period
- 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
- Latest income
- £793,628
- Latest expenditure
- £820,316
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Canopi, Unit A, Arc House, 82 Tanner Street, LONDON, SE1 3GN
Website recorded by the regulator: www.charitycomms.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
CharityComms is the professional membership body for charity communicators. We believe that effective and inspiring communications should be at the heart of every charity's work for a better world. We hold regular seminars and conferences, host networking events and enable charities to share best practice. Members have exclusive access to our mentoring programme plus a host of other benefits.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- 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
- 15 February 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £793,628
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £820,316
- 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
- 24 February 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £764,582
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £714,761
- 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
- 21 February 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £664,993
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £679,132
- 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
- 23 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £596,266
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £617,231
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 December 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £631,180
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £638,840
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 15 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £793,628
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £820,316
- 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
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 24 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £764,582
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £714,761
- 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
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 29 February 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £664,993
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £679,132
- 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
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £596,266
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £617,231
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £631,180
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £638,840
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £17,963
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 15 February 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 15
- Income Charitable Activities
- 791160
- Income Investments
- 53
- Income Other
- 2400
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 793628
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £820,316
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 820316
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 9597
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 109962
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5247
- Gain Loss Investment
- 15
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £325,444
- Assets Total Fixed
- 17384
- Assets Own Use
- 17384
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £668,636
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £360,576
- Assets Current Investment
- 481824
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £325,444
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 360576
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £103,974
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 325444
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 325444
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 24 February 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 345
- Income Charitable Activities
- 732389
- Income Investments
- 31848
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 764582
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £714,761
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 714761
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10563
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 93599
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4206
- Gain Loss Investment
- 31848
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £352,132
- Assets Total Fixed
- 16338
- Assets Own Use
- 16338
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £725,658
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £389,864
- Assets Current Investment
- 302369
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £352,132
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 389864
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £66,852
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 352132
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 352132
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 29 February 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 February 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4551
- Income Charitable Activities
- 647485
- Income Investments
- 4357
- Income Other
- 8600
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 664993
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £679,132
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 679132
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7172
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 82988
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4540
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £301,175
- Assets Total Fixed
- 14865
- Assets Own Use
- 14865
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £647,430
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £359,984
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £302,311
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 359984
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £583,852
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 301175
- Funds Restricted
- 1136
- Funds Total
- 302311
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 19052
- Income Charitable Activities
- 574873
- Income Investments
- 723
- Income Other
- 1618
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 596266
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £617,231
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 617231
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6216
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 74751
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4376
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £316,450
- Assets Total Fixed
- 15250
- Assets Own Use
- 15250
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £609,977
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £308,777
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £316,450
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 308777
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £564,209
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 312178
- Funds Restricted
- 4272
- Funds Total
- 316450
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 December 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 9063
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 20016
- Income Charitable Activities
- 583600
- Income Investments
- 538
- Income Other
- 17963
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 631180
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £638,840
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 638840
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 4544
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 77922
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5624
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £318,309
- Assets Total Fixed
- 16360
- Assets Own Use
- 16360
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £612,818
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £291,763
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £337,415
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 291763
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £536,408
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 318309
- Funds Restricted
- 19106
- Funds Total
- 337415
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHARITYCOMMS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2010-10-07T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 APRIL 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 JUNE 2010 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 14 SEPTEMBER 2010 as amended on 10 Oct 2019 as amended on 10 Oct 2019
- Charitable Objects
- (A) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES, NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OFRESOURCES TO OPTIMISE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.O CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEPURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.O VOLUNTARY AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICHARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR ASIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIRCONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DONOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN OBJECT 3(A).
- Area Of Benefit
- THE UNITED KINGDOM
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures