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Praxis Care

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £69.4M

  • Spending

    £67.1M

Charity no. 103672 Company no. 17623 Date registered. 26/07/2016

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from the purposes are Purpose 1 The safeguarding and protection of vulnerable individuals to facilitate their participation in everyday living and enjoy an improved quality of life. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are

those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of the above individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. Purpose 2 Improved services for those individuals affected by mental illness, disability, learning disability and the elderly through increased knowledge and implementation of best practice. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of the above individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. Purpose 3 Improved access to rehabilitation, training, education therapy and health care and thus an improved quality of life. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of the above individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. Purpose 4 Improved public awareness and understanding of all aspects of mental health and disability. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of the above individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. Purpose 5 The realisation of the other purposes in support of an improved quality of life for individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of the above individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. Purpose 6 The public benefit arising from this purpose is the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable individuals to facilitate their participation in everyday living and enjoy an improved quality of life. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from stakeholder and service user surveys and service user outcomes. The beneficiaries are those individuals with mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance including those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition and the family and carers of those individuals. While there is a risk that conditions may deteriorate or not improve, the benefits outweigh the risk. There is no private benefit.

What your organisation does

Praxis Care is a major provider of services for adults and children with a learning disability, mental ill health, acquired brain injury and for older people, including people with dementia.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Carers
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Accommodation/housing
  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Counselling/support
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Research/evaluation
  • Volunteer development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£69.4M

Spending

£67.1M

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Company is established for exclusively charitable purposes namely: 1. To promote the preservation and safeguarding of mental health, all forms of mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance and to include, without limitation, those persons who have a learning disability or illness of old age or other condition, 2. To promote and undertake research into the special problems of mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance and to include the learning disabled and the elderly, 3. To promote the rehabilitation, training, education therapy and health care of those persons aforementioned, 4. To advance the education of the public in all aspects of mental health, all forms of mental illness, disability or any other condition or circumstance, 5. To undertake any other charitable purpose. 6. To promote the interests of Praxis Housing Association Limited a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland with company number E0369755 having its registered office at c/o 5 Lindenlea, Silversprings, Clonmel, Co Tipperary and having its charitable status (“The Other Company”) and any other company having charitable status which is for the time being the subsidiary, holding company or subsidiary of any holding company of the Company, or is otherwise directly or indirectly associated with the Company in any manner whatever (“any other associated company”), and in particular by paying or discharging the liabilities thereof or giving any undertaking to do so, by giving any indemnity or guarantee in respect of such liabilities and by giving any security or charge for any such indemnity or guarantee or for the payment of money or performance of obligations by any such company as aforesaid, either with or without consideration and whether or not any benefit flows to the Company other than the promotion of such interests as aforesaid to the intent that the promotion of interests of the Other Company and any other associated company shall be an object and not a power of the Company PROVIDED ALWAYS that nothing in this sub-clause shall be deemed to infer or create any relationship between the Company and the Other Company which would place the Other company in breach of any lawful requirement or which would extend to the Company any legislation or other regulatory provision that currently applies to the Other Company by virtue of its status as a housing association.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 10 Trustees
  • 1,691 Employees
  • 80 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Carol Breen, Praxis Care, 25-31 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AA

Trustee board

Trustee
Ken Brundle
John Mcgregor
Oswyn Paulin
Tim Hopkins
Alyson Dunn
Mike Dawson
Mrs Jacinta Walsh
Prof Mary Mccolgan
Mr Christian Mcmanus
Stewart Harrington

Areas of operation

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • In The Uk
  • Internationally
  • Isle Of Man
  • Republic Of Ireland