STANSTEAD LODGE SENIOR CLUB LTD

Registered charity 1083258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWISHAM ELDERS RESOURCE CENTRE

All activites are for the benefit of older people living in and around the London Borough of Lewisham and include: community cafe, language learning opportunities, digital inclusion, social activities, keep fit and dance classes, and a place of belonging.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LEWISHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£132k

Latest spending

£130k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £1,997 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted net assets of £719,045. The trustees note that a significant portion of funding comes from the local authority which is cutting grants, representing a key risk to the continuing provision of services. To mitigate this, the charity is seeking to diversify funding and has established a Maintenance Reserve Fund to address the ongoing costs of maintaining its Grade II listed building.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Scarlett Dobson (daughter of Director James Dobson) received £3,140 for staff relief cover.

“One Director received fees through the payroll for services: Scarlett Dobson (Daughter of James) Staff relief cover £3,140” — page 12

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Scarlett Dobson, daughter of Director James Dobson, received fees for staff relief cover.

“One Director received fees through the payroll for services: Scarlett Dobson (Daughter of James) Staff relief cover £3,140” — page 12

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

James Anthony Dobsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
BARBARA BRITTON
Damian Charles Griffiths
Elizabeth Deborah Anne Duckworth
Nick Robinson
PATRICIA O'HARA · trustee of 1 other charity
Roland Caine
Simon Robert Nicholas Higgs

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£132k	£130k
31/03/2025	£147k	£143k
31/03/2024	£143k	£132k
31/03/2023	£153k	£164k
31/03/2022	£148k	£119k

Common questions

Is STANSTEAD LODGE SENIOR CLUB LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £1,997 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted net assets of £719,045. The trustees note that a significant portion of funding comes from the local authority which is cutting grants, representing a key risk to the continuing provision of services. To mitigate this, the charity is seeking to diversify funding and has established a Maintenance Reserve Fund to address the ongoing costs of maintaining its Grade II listed building. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	23/03/2015	£2k	Eco audit to Lewisham Elders Resource Centre
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/08/2000	£596k	"Stanstead Lodge - Refurbishment"

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
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£90k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£5k
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£5k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SSP FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED.

HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £143k
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
STANLEY GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £385k
Lewisham Local income £1.1m
U3A IN LONDON income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STANSTEAD LODGE SENIOR CLUB LTD	£132k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	noted
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL FY2025	£563k	—	above	—	no doubt
STANLEY GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£385k	—	below	—	no doubt
Lewisham Local FY2025	£1.1m	—	below	—	no doubt

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