THE PACE CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1011133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a comprehensive and integrated service for children and young people with motor disorders. An education for life where a trans-disciplinary staff team of therapists, teachers, and conductors work together to meet the complex needs of the children. Training and support to families to help them encourage children learning at home.Specialist training courses.

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Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£4.0m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,196,099 were held at the end of the year, which the trustees confirm is £491,099 greater than the updated reserves policy target of £705,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,652 for the year, with total funds increasing slightly to £3,069,218. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £705,000 (held: £1.2m)
“Reserves required based on the identified risks are £705,000.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The PACE Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

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

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£4.0m
Cost of raising funds
£203k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
113

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.0m£4.0m
31/08/2024£3.5m£3.8m
31/08/2023£3.9m£3.7m
31/08/2022£2.2m£2.2m
31/12/2021£3.6m£3.4m

Common questions

Is THE PACE CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,196,099 were held at the end of the year, which the trustees confirm is £491,099 greater than the updated reserves policy target of £705,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,652 for the year, with total funds increasing slightly to £3,069,218. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds THE PACE CENTRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PACE CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, ICAN CHARITY, ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARY, ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£100k
ICAN CHARITYFY2023£76kInitial project ended in March 2023; worked with children with complex communication challenges
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARYFY2023£28k
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARYFY2022£28k
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARYFY2024£22k
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARYFY2025£20k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£13kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£12kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12kCharitable Donation
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2023£10k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kCommunity support
THE BAND TRUSTFY2022£10kSpecific grantee
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6kYouth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kYouth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kYouth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kYouth and Welfare
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLOVERS OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£2kChildren
FRAZER TRUSTFY2023£2kChildren
FRAZER TRUSTFY2025£2kDisabled
FRAZER TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLOVERS OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE BEACON SCHOOL PARENTS SOCIETYFY2024£2k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2011£5kParent and Child Residential Training Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2006£164kTo provide an outreach & follow up service

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 PACES SHEFFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PACE CENTRE LTD£4.0m—1above—no doubt
PACES SHEFFIELD FY2025£4.4m—2unclear—no doubt
THE RAINBOW CENTRE FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION LTD FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
PLAY ADVENTURES & COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FY2024£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
DINGLEY FAMILY AND SPECIALIST EARLY YEARS CENTRES FY2025£2.5mmore than £60,0001above6.4%no doubt
PALACE FOR ALL LIMITED FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt

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