01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 13 December 2021
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £458,193
- Latest expenditure
- £495,690
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 72 Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3PA
Website recorded by the regulator: discoveru2015.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Discover U is a charity working to help people with barriers into employment. We believe that everybody who wants to should have the opportunity to work and we support them to do that with a wide range of programmes and opportunities. Our aim is to provide work related experience to adults with some level of learning disability or others similarly disadvantaged because of physical disability.
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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
- 8 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £458,193
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £495,690
- 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
- 15 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £445,232
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £439,293
- Fin Period Start Date
- 13 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £393,107
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £392,582
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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
- 8 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £458,193
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £495,690
- 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
- 48
- 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
- 15 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £445,232
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £439,293
- 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
- 26
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 13 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £393,107
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £392,582
- 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
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £15,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 40
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dudley
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DISCOVERU
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2022-06-24T00:00:00
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5066923
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1166385
- Assoc Charity Name
- DISCOVERU
- Charity Name
- DISCOVERU
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2021-12-13T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Dec 2021
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS WITH SOME LEVEL OF LEARNING DISABILITY OR OTHERS SIMILARLY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY;1) PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND2) BY HELPING TO FIND WORK PLACEMENTS AND WHERE POSSIBLE PAID WORK FOR SAID PEOPLENOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 648915
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- DISCOVER U
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff