01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 2 September 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 2 September 2024 – 1 September 2025
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Chat Cafe CIO t/a Dorset Chat Clubs, C/o Community Action Network, Northmead House, Northmead Drive, Creekmoo
02 Activities
What the charity does
Chat Cafe CIO is in its third year of operation. It promotes social inclusion through activities, such as chat tables in local cafes, in venues across Dorset to solve loneliness and social exclusion, building confidence and assisting mental wellbeing among local residents and for wider public benefit.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 1 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 1 July 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £544
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,987
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 1 July 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,525
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,988
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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 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 1 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- 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
- 5
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 1 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 4 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £544
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,987
- 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
- 5
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 September 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 1 July 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,525
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,988
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Contracts
- 3200
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,200
- 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
- 5
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bournemouth
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dorset
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHAT CAFE C I O
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-09-02T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Sep 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN BOURNEMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY PROVIDING STRUCTURED RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TO PROMOTING INCLUSION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; SOCIAL ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, YOUTH OR OLD AGE OR ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL).
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 659226
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- CHAT CAFE CIC
- Charity Name Id
- 653106
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- CHAT CAFE LOCAL
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses 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
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries