CCEW Charity Commission profile

POSITIVE CHANGE

Registered charity 1210631 · organisation 5245683

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
23 October 2024
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
23 October 2024 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£21,948
Latest expenditure
£2,599
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: 14 BANKS YARD, HOUNSLOW, TW5 0AX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.Positive-Change.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Positive Change relieves poverty, food insecurity and social isolation in the London Borough of Hounslow. We deliver a volunteer befriending service offering companionship to lonely adults. We also run a Mobile Food Pantry service providing non-perishable food, sanitary products and household essentials (including period pads, toilet rolls and washing machine pods) to families in deprived areas.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
23 October 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
25 June 2026
Date Accounts Received
25 June 2026
Total Gross Income
£21,948
Total Gross Expenditure
£2,599

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
23 October 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
25 June 2026
Total Gross Income
£21,948
Total Gross Expenditure
£2,599
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£1,000
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
0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
113
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Economic/community Development/employment
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
POSITIVE CHANGE
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2024-10-23T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Oct 2024
Charitable Objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PROVIDING A BEFRIENDING SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED DUE TO AGE, ILL-HEALTH, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RECRUITED, TRAINED, AND PAIRED WITH BENEFICIARIES TO OFFER COMPANIONSHIP AND SUPPORT, HELPING THEM INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT BY ORGANISING AND MOBILISING VOLUNTEERS TO UNDERTAKE REGULAR COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF LITTER AND WASTE IN PUBLIC SPACES.

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Charity Policy

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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Volunteer management
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Social media policy and procedures