01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 3 January 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 3 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £330,509
- Latest expenditure
- £232,578
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Frizington Youth & Community Centre, Off Church St, Frizington, Cumbria, CA26 3SS, CA26 3SS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.alwaysanotherway.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
AAW aim to improve mental wellbeing in West Cumbria by delivering accessible support services including 1:1 support, counselling, adult and youth groups, walking football, alternative therapies and awareness training for organisations/schools. We remove barriers such as transport, cost and lack of confidence, reducing isolation, building resilience and enabling early intervention before crisis.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 3 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £330,509
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £232,578
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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
- 3 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £330,509
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £232,578
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £61,368
- 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
- 10
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cumbria
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-01-03T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Jan 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING:A) ONE-TO-ONE COUNSELLING AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY SESSIONS;B) PROGRAMMES AND COURSES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH WELLBEING;C) GROUPS TO SUPPORT MARGINALISED AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE LGBTQ+ OR NEURODIVERSE, WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH POOR MENTAL HEALTH; D) WALKING FOOTBALL SESSIONS.
- Area Of Benefit
- LOCAL
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 691256
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY, CUMBRIA LTD COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls 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
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling