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Phoenix Enterprises provides diverse opportunities for service users through engagement with other organisations.
We continued to engage with other organisations to provide more diverse opportunities for our Service Users.
Relational · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 7
Phoenix Enterprises collaborates with Travis Perkins and the Teaspoon Café to accommodate people with anxiety and learning difficulties.
We maintained our partnerships with Travis Perkins and the Teaspoon Café, working with both organisations to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our people with anxiety and learning difficulties.
Relational · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 7
Phoenix Enterprises maintains partnerships with other training providers to offer varied development options.
We are continuing our partnerships with other training providers such as Seetec, IPSUM and Adult Community Learning to ensure we give each person at Phoenix the most varied options available for personal and professional development.
Relational · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 7
Phoenix Enterprises supported nine individuals to move into paid employment, nineteen into work placements or voluntary roles.
We supported 9 people (10%) to move into paid employment, 19 into work placements or voluntary work roles or work experience external to Phoenix across 11 different employers. 28 people gained training or qualifications with a view towards finding paid and sustainable work.
Service · Metric statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
Phoenix Enterprises aims to tackle the stigma attached to mental health and learning disability through awareness-raising activities.
We tackled the stigma attached to mental health and learning disability: We are gradually raising awareness that a learning disability is no barrier to being an effective shop assistant or warehouse operative. We took part in local community radio interviews and were featured in local press articles, raising awareness of the employability and potential of people with learning difficulties and mental health.
Strategic · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
Phoenix Enterprises reduced social isolation through various activities and events, such as Westonbirt Arboretum visits.
We reduced social isolation through: People attending Phoenix between 1 and 4 days each week. Our social activities, including a concert, beach trip, Summer Olympics, football matches, Westonbirt Arboretum visits, fireworks, panto and Christmas parties, encouraged all our people to make friends and enjoy life.
Service · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
Phoenix Enterprises advocated for its service users to improve their financial circumstances, including support at Job Centre interviews and DWP assessments.
We advocated for all our people and improved their financial circumstances: Social care we supported our people at numerous meetings. We supported at Job Centre interviews and DWP assessments, helping service users obtain and retain the appropriate benefits, successfully supporting people with PIP applications.
Service · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
Phoenix Enterprises has partnerships with DWP Disability Employment, Swindon Borough Council Adult Social Care, NHS Community Mental Health, Shared Lives and other agencies.
We developed our work with DWP Disability Employment, Swindon Borough Council Adult Social Care, NHS Community Mental Health, Shared Lives and other agencies. We continued to offer supported work experience placements for students from Horizons College and New College Swindon.
Commissioning · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
Phoenix Enterprises aims to ensure that everyone is given the opportunity to realise their full potential, which for many means finding paid employment.
We focus on what each individual needs and ensures that our people receive the best possible chance of success and that mental health, learning or physical disabilities do not disadvantage them in their desire to learn, work, achieve and forge a career. Building better relationships with employment agencies, employers and the job centre allows us to educate and knock down the stigma barriers attached to employing people with disabilities.
Strategic · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
Phoenix Enterprises helps people find paid employment by providing work experience, rebuilding confidence, and helping to find suitable roles.
We act as a stepping-stone towards jobs in competitive employment by: Providing work experience. Rebuilding confidence. Helping to find suitable roles.
Service · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
Phoenix Enterprises provides services such as hand-assembly jobs, life skills training, fitness through partner organisations, and financial advice.
Phoenix is so much more than a day centre; our people carry out hand-assembly jobs in our warehouse, knowing they make a valued contribution. This provides a place to go each day where they can feel included and make friends with people in similar situations. Life Skills training which include cooking and healthy eating. Fitness through partner organisations. Advice on budgeting and financial concerns, aiming for control over their finances and their lives.
Service · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
Phoenix Enterprises aims to alleviate poverty through improving social and financial inclusion for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.
Our mission is to alleviate poverty through improving social and financial inclusion for people in Swindon with mental health issues and learning disabilities through holistic support and work experience.
Strategic · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
Phoenix Enterprises provides holistic support to over 120 vulnerable adults in Swindon.
Each year we provide a vital safety net for over 120 vulnerable adults in Swindon. We give holistic day-to-day support, in a production environment, improving morale, life and employability skills, mental and physical health.
Service · Policy statement · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
Phoenix Enterprises moved to a new building in Cheney Manor Industrial Estate.
With our previous building on the market, we had been looking for alternatives for months. Our extremely limited budget made finding somewhere suitable a real challenge. Unit 2 Cheney Manor Industrial Estate had been standing empty for five years and needed lots of work
Operational · Observational claim · From Phoenix Enterprises (swindon) LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 4
Each member's liability in the charity is capped at £1.
The liability of each member is determined by the Articles of the charity and shall not exceed £1.
Governance · Policy statement · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 29
The Autism Centre of Excellence operates as a company limited by guarantee.
The charity is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Governance · Policy statement · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 29
The charity received £112,500 in pro bono assistance from Teneo during the previous year.
During the previous year, the charity worked with Teneo, who provided pro bono assistance from their Strategy and Communications division. The value of the support has been reliably estimated to be £nil (2024 £112,500) and is included in donations.
Financial · Observational claim · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 28
The charity's total expenditure on charitable activities was £1,374,823 in 2025.
Support and improve the lives of autistic people 1,041,490 333,333 1,374,823
Financial · Observational claim · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 24
The charity received £303,889 in unrestricted donations and legacies during the year ending June 2025.
Donations and legacies 303,889 60,511 364,400
Financial · Observational claim · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 24
The charity's total net income/(expenditure) was a loss of £805,943 in 2025.
Net income/(expenditure) (805,943) (272,822) (1,078,765)
Financial · Observational claim · From Autism Centre of Excellence — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2025, page 24