THE STRETTONS MAYFAIR TRUST

Registered charity 1061049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAYFAIR COMMUNITY CENTRE

A community and healthy living centre providing services in arts & crafts, befriending, complementary therapies, creche, day care, health & exercise, IT & educational classes, leisure activities, information & advice on services for older people, community transport, support advice & health groups, restaurant, volunteering opportunities, walking for health schemes and youth activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£897k
Latest spending
£896k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 5% to £896,532, while total expenditure decreased slightly to £896,393, resulting in a net expenditure of £22,168. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,164,897, which the trustees note is below their upper policy target of nine months' operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (51% of income)
“Total Income 662,740 233,792 896,532” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.2m; policy: six to nine months operating expenditure plus redundancy costs)
“On 31 December 2025 the actual free reserves amounted to £714k. This is below the upper target figure by £37k, and £171k more than the lower target figure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James, Holyoak & Parker Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mayfair Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£897k
Total spending
£896k
Cost of raising funds
£559
Reserves (reported)
£712k
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£897k£896k
31/12/2024£857k£903k
31/12/2023£683k£823k
31/12/2022£647k£705k
31/12/2021£562k£669k

Common questions

Is THE STRETTONS MAYFAIR TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 5% to £896,532, while total expenditure decreased slightly to £896,393, resulting in a net expenditure of £22,168. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,164,897, which the trustees note is below their upper policy target of nine months' operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James, Holyoak & Parker Limited.

Who funds THE STRETTONS MAYFAIR TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STRETTONS MAYFAIR TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION, THE GORDON GRAY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£4k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/07/2020£58kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2016£10kMayfair Community Centre Refurbishment