THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE

Registered charity 1000392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DAVID LEWIS ORGANISATION

The charity provides services to children, young people and adults including a Special Needs School, Specialist College and Adult Day Services with residential care for young people aged 16 and older and adults. This is supported by specialist medical, therapeutic and assessment services.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £1,706,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted net liquid funds of £5,555,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds reserves above its stated policy target of one month's operating costs to support an ambitious five-year residential care transformation plan costing in excess of £15 million.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• David Lewis Centre Work Experience at Alderley Park oglesbycharitabletrust.org.uk · 19/06/2024
• Family Fun Day raises funds for The David Lewis Centre so-counties.co.uk · 24/09/2019

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02537501

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — david lewis (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALKER, Paul Martin — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
• GREEN, Christine — director, appointed 21/05/2024on trustee list
• CARTWRIGHT, Elaine — director, appointed 23/01/2024on trustee list
• BREARLEY, Paul Nicholas — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
• MCKEVITT, Paul Nicholas — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
• HALLIWELL, Victoria — director, appointed 20/06/2022on trustee list
• ELLIS, Lisa — director, appointed 20/06/2022on trustee list
• KALLOO, Tricia — director, appointed 31/01/2022on trustee list
• SPENCER, Carole — director, appointed 13/01/2022on trustee list
• LOUGHLIN, Geoff — director, appointed 19/01/2018on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Neil Alan — secretary, appointed 10/02/2017

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The David Lewis Centre — Registered, 13 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 24/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (3,762 followers) · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Adult Pathways 1: Requires improvement (18/11/2020) · CQC record
• Consort Close - Bollington: Good (19/12/2018) · CQC record
• Station Road - Holmes Chapel: Good (19/03/2020) · CQC record
• Westbury Drive - Macclesfield: Good (10/04/2018) · CQC record
• Mill Lane - Macclesfield: Good (21/09/2018) · CQC record
• Adult Pathways 2: Good (06/12/2019) · CQC record
• Clinical & Therapy Services - Warford: Good (10/10/2022) · CQC record
• Petunia Grove - Macclesfield: Good (04/04/2018) · CQC record
• 121 Hassall Road: Good (23/10/2019) · CQC record
• Primrose Avenue - Crewe: Good (18/01/2018) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carole Spencer
• Christine Green
• Elaine Cartwright
• GEOFF LOUGHLIN
• Lisa Ellis
• PAUL WALKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Brearley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul McKevitt
• Tricia Kalloo
• Victoria Halliwell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KHIDMAT CENTRES.

• KHIDMAT CENTRES income £664k
• SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £324k
• YOUNG PERSONS CENTRE income £497k
• CENTRE 404 income £10.6m
• THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
• BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k

Side by side with its peers

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