HOPES AND BEAMS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 30 January 2023
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £127,154
Latest expenditure: £150,766
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: BROAD STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE, CW1 3UD

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

To develop disability sports for children with physical, learning and sensory disabilities and provide education to enable such children to gain new skills and maximise their potential. To provide advocacy services for such families to assist them to access services which meet their needs. To provide recreational / social ctivities for the elderly in order to reduce lonlinness in the community

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £127,154
Total Gross Expenditure: £150,766

Fin Period Start Date: 30 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £116,604
Total Gross Expenditure: £150,555

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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: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £127,154
Total Gross Expenditure: £150,766
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 36

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 30 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £116,604
Total Gross Expenditure: £150,555
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 47

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire East
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire West & Chester
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

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

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

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

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: HOPES AND BEAMS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2023-01-30T00:00:00

Charity Name: HOPES AND BEAMS
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-03-26T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 3972897
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1084146
Assoc Charity Name: HOPES AND BEAMS

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Jan 2023
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CHESHIRE, ARE:1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR PHYSICAL, LEARNING, OR SENSORY DISABILITIES AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN DISABILITY SPORTS;B) PROVIDING EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE THEM TO GAIN NEW SKILLS AND MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL;C) PROVIDING ADVICE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO THEIR FAMILIES IN ACCESSING SERVICES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WITH DEMENTIA, BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REDUCE LONELINESS ARISING FROM SOCIAL ISOLATION.
Area Of Benefit: LOCAL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures