CENTRE 81 LIMITED

Registered charity 1045514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRE 81

Skills & Activities Centre for adults with physical & other disabilities & complex health/social issues - To promote self confidence, abilities & independence. - To share our knowledge/skills/benefits of person centred work - To work with & within the wider community. - Raise awareness & funds. To operate a fully accessible Community Transport service for the wider community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £102,874 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,893,420. However, the auditors identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to net current liabilities of £54,959 and reliance on an external loan facility. The trustees acknowledge this risk but believe the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months reserves (held: £1.9m)
“Our ambition is to improve the charity's resilience by achieving year-end positive figures and three months reserves.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1 in the financial statements, which indicates that the charity had net current liabilities at the year end and is reliant on the continued support of an external loan facility to meet its obligations as they fall due. As stated in note 1, these conditions indicate that a material uncertainly exists that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee's partner employed
“One of the trustees partner is employed by Centre 81 Limited in the canteen at market rate.” — page 34
“During the year two of the trustees lent Centre 81 Limited £40,000 in total, interest free, the loans were still outstanding at 31 March 2025.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee loans
“One of the trustees partner is employed by Centre 81 Limited in the canteen at market rate.” — page 34
“During the year two of the trustees lent Centre 81 Limited £40,000 in total, interest free, the loans were still outstanding at 31 March 2025.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Stephenson Smart (East Anglia) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Centre 81 Great Yarmouth (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.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £425k. 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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~21.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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: 1.3% 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: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2024£898k£931k
31/03/2023£987k£882k
31/03/2022£1.5m£740k
31/03/2021£980k£664k

Common questions

Is CENTRE 81 LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £102,874 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,893,420. However, the auditors identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to net current liabilities of £54,959 and reliance on an external loan facility. The trustees acknowledge this risk but believe the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Stephenson Smart (East Anglia) Limited.

Who funds CENTRE 81 LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRE 81 LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY, CLAN TRUST LIMITED, THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, Norwich Freemen's Charity, THE LIMBOURNE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITYFY2023£25kConverting activity room and central atrium
CLAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£15k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£11k
Norwich Freemen's CharityFY2026£10kTowards the creation of an independent living training flat for people with learning difficulties and those who are on the autistic spectrum
THE LIMBOURNE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2025£3k
CLAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2024£2k
CLAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2023£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2022£2kGeneral charitable donations
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2026£20kCentre 81 Community Transport Service
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2025£20kCommunity Transport Service
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£150kSecuring Centre 81's Future
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£15kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2022£250kCentre 81 Moving Premises
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2021£10kCentre 81
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2018£10kNew Community Bus Service Minibus
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2015£10kNew Centre 81 Feasibility Study

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 CENTRE 404.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRE 81 LIMITED£1.2m—0unclear—material uncertainty
CENTRE 404 FY2025£10.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt
KHIDMAT CENTRES FY2025£664k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRE4 LIMITED FY2025£3.5m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
THE GRANGE CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025£6.5mmore than £60,0002above—no doubt

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