COPS (COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS) — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 29 June 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 2 March 2024 – 1 March 2025
Latest income: £10,749
Latest expenditure: £10,747
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: QUADRANT HOUSE, BROAD STREET MALL, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG1 7QE

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

COPS is a community action charity. FIREFIGHTERS supports people in crisis in the community via telephone support, feeds the homeless, befriends isolated and elderly people and supports disenfranchised people in need. THE NAKED TRUTH helps churches support trauma and abuse victims. BLACK AND BLUE works to build relations between the local authority police and black community and promote equality.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 1 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 1 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 1 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £10,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,747

Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 1 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £11,146
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,571

Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 1 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £12,199
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,146

Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 1 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,248
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,973

Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 1 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 27 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 1 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,748
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,387

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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: 2 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 1 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £10,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,747
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
Count Volunteers: 86

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 1 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £11,146
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,571
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
Count Volunteers: 76

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 1 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £12,199
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,146
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
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 1 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,248
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,973
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: No
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 2 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 1 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 1 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £10,748
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,387
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: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

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: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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: 114
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COPS (COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS)
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2018-06-29T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Jun 2018 as amended on 03 Jul 2020 as amended on 26 Mar 2021
Charitable Objects: 1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN READING BERKSHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICE.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.3. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE IN READING BERKSHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION OF CRIME IN THE AREA

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 598529
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: FIREFIGHTERS

Charity Name Id: 598528
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: FIREFIGHTERS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

Charity Name Id: 631121
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BLACK AND BLUE PROJECT

Charity Name Id: 598530
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: THE NAKED TRUTH

Charity Name Id: 630857
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Firefighters Social outreach Charity

Charity Name Id: 630858
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: B LACK AND BLUE PROJECT

Charity Name Id: 630374
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BAME and BLUE Project

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures