RUTH WINSTON CENTRE

Registered charity 1057968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHGATE OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE

PROVIDES CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND OF THOSE PARTS OF THE POSTAL CODES EN4, N11, N14, N17 AND N22 WHICH ARE NOT WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD BUT ARE WITHIN EITHER THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET OR THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY WITH PRIORITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.(B) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS.(C) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(D) ANY OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE IN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.FOR THE BENEFIT OF:(I) INHABITANTS (WITH PRIORITY FOR THOSE AGED 50 YEARS AND OVER) OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND IN THOSE PARTS OF THE POSTAL AREAS EN4, N11, N13, N14, N17 AND N22 WHICH ARE NOT WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD BUT ARE EITHER WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET OR THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITH PRIORITY FIRST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF SOUTHGATE AND SECONDLY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD; AND(II) PERSONS WHO ARE NOT INHABITANTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT WHO ARE EITHER TRUSTEES, HONORARY MEMBERS, LIFE MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, EXISTING MEMBERS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2019 OR THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVING BEEN INHABITANTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE MOVE OUT OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF THE STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £39,382 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £244,386, which the trustees consider sufficient to manage the charity in perpetuity. The financial statements were independently examined rather than audited, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that required drawing attention.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £25k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Joan McCarthy
• HANI MALOUF
• John Trevor Golby
• Mark Hayden Huggard
• PENELOPE LESLEY CONWAY
• Teresa Mary Sanford

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

Operates in: Barnet · Enfield · Haringey

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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