THE DOUGLAS CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1047038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORNERHOUSE

Operates the corner house, a community arts centre.

Objects

TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, MUSIC, SINGING, DANCE, LITERATURE, BALLET, SCULPTURE, DRAWING AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED ,IN PRACTICE SURRY,GREATER LONDON

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves rose to £183,400, up from £174,658 in the prior year, providing a strong position for future needs. The charity reported a net income of £8,741 for the year, with total incoming resources of £84,676 against total resources expended of £60,036. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared under the small companies regime with no audit requested.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03057887

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.

• THORN, Jeremy John — director, appointed 03/01/2014on trustee list
• DAVIES, Ian Robert — director, appointed 12/05/2003on trustee list
• COOPER, Phillip John — director, appointed 10/09/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary Ganderchair
• BARBARA JANE THORN
• Chika Ripley
• IAN ROBERT DAVIES
• JEREMY THORN
• Joan Matilda Scriven
• MR ANDREW JAMES KEANE
• PHILLIP JOHN COOPER

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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