ST PAUL'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1001566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 3C TEAMWORK, CHRISTIAN CONCERN, CREWE

Relieving poverty through the recycling of furniture, white goods and cycles, foodbank, therapeutic activities - Day Service Placements for Adults with Care Needs, support of other local charities

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: CHESHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small deficit of £3,847, significantly better than the predicted deficit of £58,435. Total incoming resources were £844,018, with unrestricted funds totaling £557,022 at year-end. The trustees report that the charity is effectively at capacity and is developing a strategic plan for future sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Paul’s Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cheshire Community Foundation — “Cheshire Community Foundation” (source page)
• Cheshire East Council — “Cheshire East Council” (source page)
• The Guinness Partnership — “The Guinness Partnership” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (36% 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: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Dytor-Walsh
• Catherine Lewin
• David McCabe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Howard Jones

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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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 ST PHILIP'S CENTRE.

• ST PHILIP'S CENTRE income £300k
• ST PAUL'S FAMILY CENTRE income £181k
• STOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE income £66k
• ST. PAUL'S, FURZEDOWN income £132k
• ST PAUL'S CHILDCARE income £436k
• ST PAUL'S MONEY ADVICE CENTRE income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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