DUNMOW DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1035090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROWENA DAVEY CENTRE

The Daycentre provides a warm space, social interaction & freshly cooked lunches at moderate prices between 10am & 2pm every Tuesday and Thursday, for the local residents over 55. This is funded by rental of the premises to a variety of organisations for their activities with particular emphasis on groups supporting the over 55's eg Blind & Housebound & Alzheimer's groups.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE PARISH OF DUNMOW. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DUNMOW WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF DUNMOW

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £18,000 in free reserves, representing a policy target of six months of operating costs. While cashflow is currently positive and reserves have grown, the trustees note a risk that local council landlords may seek to decant running costs to the charity, which could become unaffordable.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN EDWARD BRADLEY FRICSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Lesley Bishop
• Patrick Lavelle
• Ronald William McGlade · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEMPTON HOUSE DAY CENTRE.

• KEMPTON HOUSE DAY CENTRE income £40k
• MERE AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE income £31k
• FARNCOMBE DAY CENTRE LIMITED income £216k
• ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST income £143k
• CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE income £136k
• THE PALMER CENTRE income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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