# INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK NORTH (ICANN)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1200221
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 31, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1200221


## Contact

- **Address:** I-CANN, HOWICK HOUSE, HOWICK PARK AVENUE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON
- **Postcode:** PR1 0LS
- **Phone:** 01772746061
- **Email:** admin@i-cann.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.icann.net



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, VISUAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF RELIEF BY REASONS OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LANCASHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

**Activities:** ICANN provide information and advocacy services across Lancashire. We support vulnerable people to give them a voice, empower, increase resilience, and improve their lives. Current projects include financial inclusion, advocacy for disability related benefits, in some areas we have a form filling service for benefits. ICANN also provide advocacy support at medical assessments, benefit tribunals




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Blackburn With Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Cumbria
- Lancashire
- Manchester City
- Sefton
- Trafford
- Warrington
- Wigan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £178863 | £327999 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £199888 | £329473 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £327344 | £193536 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Aneesah Bana — appointed Oct. 4, 2024
- Michelle Anne Smith — appointed July 6, 2023
- Pamela Hill — appointed Aug. 31, 2022
- Sophia Patel — appointed Aug. 31, 2022