The Meadows Day Centre

Registered charity 1068857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN SPALDING DISTRICT, AGE UK SPALDING DISTRICT, THE JOHN VAN GEEST DAY CENTRE

Provision of day care services for the elderly

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND SPALDING

Area of benefit: SPALDING

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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Registered contact address: South Holland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £47,276 are below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £65,000 (three months of working capital). The charity reports a sound financial position with total funds of £346,498 and notes that it is working at full capacity.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Myton Food Group — “We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the continued support provided by Myton Food Group, their generosity plays a vital role i…” (source page)
• Spalding Golf Club (seniors section) — “We would like to thank Spalding Golf Club (seniors section) , especially Monty, Trevor and Tim. The Green Hall Foundation , The Clothworkers…” (source page)
• The Green Hall Foundation — “We would like to thank Spalding Golf Club (seniors section) , especially Monty, Trevor and Tim. The Green Hall Foundation , The Clothworkers…” (source page)
• The Clothworkers Foundation — “We would like to thank Spalding Golf Club (seniors section) , especially Monty, Trevor and Tim. The Green Hall Foundation , The Clothworkers…” (source page)
• Slip n Trip Show — “We would like to thank Spalding Golf Club (seniors section) , especially Monty, Trevor and Tim. The Green Hall Foundation , The Clothworkers…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Christopher Cronin
• Barry Elliott
• Brenda Kay Ruysen · trustee of 2 other charities
• Cherry Jeffery
• PATRICK WILLIAM SKELLS
• Timothy Barzycki

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE.

• THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE income £205k
• THE WYCHWOODS DAY CENTRE LIMITED income £27k
• TADLEY ELDERLY DAY CARE income £64k
• Maidstone Homeless Care income £215k
• LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD income £365k
• CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE income £136k

Side by side with its peers

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