ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1054909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the relief of elderly people in anymanner which now is or hereinafter may be deemed by law to be charitable withinAttleborough and District (hereinafter called the 'area of benefit') and in particularto provide a day care centre in order to benefit people who are elderly or disabledand to provide their carers with respite..

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREINAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN ATTLEBOROUGH AND DISTRICT (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE A DAY CARE CENTRE IN ORDER TO BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED AND TO PROVIDE THEIR CARERS WITH RESPITE.

Area of benefit: ATTLEBOROUGH AND DISTRICT

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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Latest income

£171k

Latest spending

£204k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing as a new CIO has been formed, with all assets transferring to the new entity. Per the trustees' report, the charity used reserves during the last year due to rising costs and inadequate funding, resulting in a loss of £33,225 for the period. The unrestricted reserves stood at £97,319 before the final transfer of assets.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months’ average expenditure plus the amount required to fund staff redundancy payments in the event of closure of the Day Centre, as well as save money towards the eventual replacement of its Mini-bus (held: £97k)

“Attleborough Day Centre aims to hold reserves amounting to between three and six months’ average expenditure plus the amount required to fund staff redundancy payments in the event of closure of the Day Centre, as well as save money towards the eventual replacement of its Mini-bus.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The accounts are prepared on a 'cessation' basis, not a going concern because the entity is closing” — page 13

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Register events

Transferred assets to another charity (02/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£171k	£204k
05/04/2025	£180k	£181k
05/04/2024	£159k	£161k
05/04/2023	£159k	£136k
05/04/2022	£122k	£112k

Common questions

Is ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is closing as a new CIO has been formed, with all assets transferring to the new entity. Per the trustees' report, the charity used reserves during the last year due to rising costs and inadequate funding, resulting in a loss of £33,225 for the period. The unrestricted reserves stood at £97,319 before the final transfer of assets. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FUEL ALLOTMENT	1	£109k
Royal Surrey Charity	1	£100k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST.

BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST income £165k
DURSLEY AND DISTRICT OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE income £201k
THE OVER DAY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £170k
HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE income £354k
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD income £365k
THE WESTWAY COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING CENTRE income £230k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE	£171k	—	above	—	not going concern
BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
DURSLEY AND DISTRICT OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE FY2025	£201k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE OVER DAY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE FY2025	£354k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD FY2025	£365k	—	below	—	noted

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