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.

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Latest income
£44.0m
Latest spending
£42.3m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: one month's operating costs (currently £3m) (held: £5.6m)
“the Trustees’ review of the reserves policy on 20 May 2025 confirmed the charity should hold a level of unrestricted cash reserves of at least one month’s operating costs (currently £3m) at each period end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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).

Corporate structure

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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContinuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside——

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)

Total income
£44.0m
Total spending
£42.3m
Cost of raising funds
£170k
Reserves (reported)
£19.8m
Employees
1,024

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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£44.0m£42.3m
31/08/2024£36.2m£37.5m
31/08/2023£30.8m£31.6m
31/08/2022£28.0m£26.7m
31/08/2021£30.2m£26.0m

Common questions

Is THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE as a grant recipient include OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£39kBreast imaging centre

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2025£20kBranching Out
Sport England01/08/2024£15kAdaptive cycling in Cheshire
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£10kDavid Lewis Local - our community store

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE£44.0m——unclear—no doubt
KHIDMAT CENTRES FY2025£664k—0unclear—no doubt
SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£324k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG PERSONS CENTRE FY2025£497k—0below—no doubt
CENTRE 404 FY2025£10.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.