{"country": "Northern Ireland", "charity_number": "100988", "register_url": "https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/charity-details-page/?regId=100988", "name": "Compass Advocacy Network Limited", "known_as": "CAN/Compass", "other_names": [], "status": "Received: on time", "date_registered": "2015-02-18", "date_removed": null, "legal_form": null, "area_of_benefit": null, "address": "Can (Compass Advocacy Network), 32 Lislagan Road, Ballymoney, County Antrim, BT53 7DD", "postcode": "BT53 7DD", "phone": "02827523053", "email": "info@compasspeople.org", "website": "www.compasspeople.org", "lat": 55.050797, "lng": -6.486114, "activities": null, "purposes": "The Company\u2019s objects are specifically restricted to [the promotion, preservation, protection and safeguarding of mental and physical health and wellbeing], [the promotion of social inclusion], [the relief of poverty and unemployment], [the advancement of education] and the promotion of the benefit and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities and associated problems  (hereinafter called the \u201cbeneficiaries\u201d) [resident in Northern Ireland] [and in particular but not exclusively [the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area] [the Causeway area] (\u201chereinafter called the \u201carea of benefit\u201d) without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion by associating service users, the statutory and local authorities, community and voluntary organisations,  healthcare providers and the inhabitants in a common effort to promote social inclusion and advance education  with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries and in particular:  (a) \tto advance the education of the beneficiaries and to relieve \tunemployment through the promotion, facilitation, management, \torganisation and support of vocational and educational training \tand supported employment schemes for people with learning \tdisabilities, difficulties and associated problems to assist the \tbeneficiaries in obtaining new skills, qualifications, employment \tor practical work experience and thereby assisting in developing \tindependent living skills;  \t(b) \tto advance education and promote and protect the physical and \t\tmental health of people with learning disabilities and associated \t\tproblems through the provision of advocacy services, advice, \t\tsupport andfacilities in the interests of social welfare for \t\t\trecreation or other leisure-time occupation with the objective of \t\timproving the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries so as to \t\tdevelop their physical, mental and emotional capacities and self-\t\tconfidence;  (c)\tto promote or assist in the promotion, facilitation and \torganisation of capacity building programmes and projects for \tthe beneficiaries within the area of benefit who have need of \tsuch assistance as a result of their youth, age, ill health, \tdisability or infirmity, or social and economic circumstances, by \tthe provision of information and training, advice, mentoring, \tclasses, workshops, support and instruction in an effort to \tincrease the abilities, skills and self-confidence of the \tbeneficiaries;   \t(d)\tto promote social inclusion and integration for the public benefit \t\tby associating together volunteers and organisations in a \t\t\tcommon effort to raise public awareness of the issues affecting \t\tthose suffering from learning disabilities, difficulties and \t\t\tassociated problems and their families and carers and to \t\t\tpromote the participation of the beneficiaries in all aspects of \t\tsociety;    \t(e)\tto provide programmes of social, recreational, and educational \t\tactivities for young people with learning disabilities aged [12] \u2013 \t\t[17] in the area of benefit in an effort to promote their physical, \t\tmental and personal capacities.  \t(f)\tto advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the \t\t\tdirectors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the \t\tlaw of charity.    For the purposes of this clause the expression \"learning disability\" shall include any learning disability, difficulties and associated problem or those who appear on the autistic spectrum, a developmental disability of the mind, sensory impairment, acquired brain injury or mental health problem.  For the purposes of this article \u2018socially excluded\u2019 means people who are excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; poor educational or skills attainment; youth, age, disability or infirmity and social and economic circumstances.", "what_charity_does": "The prevention or relief of poverty,The advancement of education,The advancement of health or the saving of lives,The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage", "charitable_objects": null, "classifications": [], "areas_of_operation": [], "latest_income": 1326981, "latest_expenditure": 1150287, "fin_period_start": "2024-04-01", "fin_period_end": "2025-03-31", "financial_years": [{"start": "2024-04-01", "end": "2025-03-31", "income": 1326981, "expenditure": 1150287, "assets": -373442, "funds": null, "num_employees": 31, "accounts_url": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2025-03-31-accounts.pdf"}], "documents": [{"year_end": "2024-03-31", "accounts": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2024-03-31-accounts.pdf", "annual-report": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2024-03-31-annual-report.pdf", "annual-return": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2024-03-31-annual-return.pdf"}, {"year_end": "2023-03-31", "accounts": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2023-03-31-accounts.pdf", "annual-report": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2023-03-31-annual-report.pdf", "annual-return": "https://files.opencharities.uk/ni/100988/2023-03-31-annual-return.pdf"}], "trustees": [{"name": "Alan Mcvicker", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Dr Allison Campbell", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Esther Barnes", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mr Scott Brown", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mrs Alison Grundle", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mrs Bronagh Brennan", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mrs Caroline Rowlands", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mrs Jayne Taggart", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Mrs Lisa Bailey", "chair": false, "appointment": null}, {"name": "Ms Joanne Mcdowell", "chair": false, "appointment": null}]}