THE MOVEMENT CENTRE FOR TARGETED TRAINING

Registered charity 1075549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MOVEMENT CENTRE, THE MOVEMENT FOUNDATION

Provision of specialist physiotherapy services for children with problems of movement control. Research and Development related to movement control and education of therapists and other clinicians.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DIFFICULTIES OF MOVEMENT CONTROL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GERERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-(1) THE PROVISION TO TREAT CONDITIONS THAT ARE OF NEUROLOGICAL OR NEUROMUSCULAR ORIGIN, WHETHER CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED. SUCH CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY OR HEAD INJURY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£395k
Latest spending
£345k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £49,699 and total funds of £233,803, placing the organisation in a stable and sustainable position. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £67,890, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000 - £90,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £70,000 - £90,000 (held: £68k)
“The Trustees consider that appropriate levels of free reserves are £70,000 - £90,000 based on the current risks of TMC.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 7

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

Corporate structure

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

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.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: The Movement Centre for Targeted Training — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 15/11/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£395k£345k
31/12/2024£379k£283k
31/12/2023£215k£235k
31/12/2022£164k£221k
31/12/2021£258k£210k

Common questions

Is THE MOVEMENT CENTRE FOR TARGETED TRAINING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £49,699 and total funds of £233,803, placing the organisation in a stable and sustainable position. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £67,890, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000 - £90,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MOVEMENT CENTRE FOR TARGETED TRAINING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MOVEMENT CENTRE FOR TARGETED TRAINING as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, CHARITY OF CHARLES CLEMENT WALKER (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WALKER TRUST), THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
CHARITY OF CHARLES CLEMENT WALKER (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WALKER TRUST)FY2025£3kHealth & Disability
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2022£3kCompassionate Support
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kCompassionate Support
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2026£500Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2022£500Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£10kSupporting our community to thrive
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kChildren and Family Recruitment
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£55kPost Covid Targeted Training
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2009£4kTargeted Training Equipment

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PACE CENTRE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MOVEMENT CENTRE FOR TARGETED TRAINING£395k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PACE CENTRE LTD FY2025£4.0m—1above—no doubt
TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
TOGS CENTRE FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOXTON CENTRE FY2026£2.0m—0below—no doubt

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