01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 1 August 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 August 2024 – 30 April 2025
- Latest income
- £51,101
- Latest expenditure
- £4,689
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 4 Mansfield House, Lowther Street, York, YO31 7NB
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.chocolateandco.org/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The organisation benefits people in the York area (UK) who are marginalised, socially disconnected, have a record of unlawful behaviour or an addiction and who struggle to obtain and sustain employment. This is carried out by providing work-based employment opportunities, both paid and voluntary, with one-to-one mentoring to facilitate the employment.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £51,101
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,689
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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
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £51,101
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,689
- 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
- 2
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- City Of York
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHOCOLATE & CO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-08-01T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Aug 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, BY PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING, MENTORING AND OTHER NECESSARY SUPPORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD, ESSENTIALS ITEMS, COUNSELLING AND SIGNPOSTING SERVICES), DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO SECURE AND RETAIN LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE INTEGRATED INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
- Area Of Benefit
- LOCAL
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Charity Policy
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- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures