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THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE

Registered charity 1087668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAYTREE

to provide short-term respite accommodation and befriending for those at immediate risk of suicide.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£249k
Latest spending
£295k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with unrestricted cash reserves of £645,529, providing a stable platform for rebuilding operations. Although the charity incurred a modest deficit of £45,896 due to strategic investment and service reopening, the trustees consider the financial position sound and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient liquid funds to cover the subsequent twelve months outgoings (held: £646k)
“The Trustees' policy regarding financial risk is to seek to ensure the charity holds sufficient liquid funds to cover the subsequent twelve months outgoings.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee appointed in Dec 2024; paid £1,661 for refurbishment works.
“In December 2024, Alma Fridell was also appointed as a Trustee of the charity. Since the appointment, £1,661 was paid to Alma Fridell for the remainder of the refurbishment works.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Maytree Respite 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 (1 freehold); recorded price paid £363k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Total income
£772k
Total spending
£592k
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~27.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 11.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£249k£295k
30/09/2024£134k£89k
30/09/2023£266k£581k
30/09/2022£350k£680k
30/09/2021£772k£592k

Common questions

Is THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with unrestricted cash reserves of £645,529, providing a stable platform for rebuilding operations. Although the charity incurred a modest deficit of £45,896 due to strategic investment and service reopening, the trustees consider the financial position sound and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE 4814 TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30kHealth and wellbeing grants
THE 4814 TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kHealth and Welfare
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2024£2k
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£2kSuicide prevention service: increasing capacity to meet demand.
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kNational
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BASKETMAKERS 2011 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSmall charities, mostly from London
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kHealth and Welfare
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2019£10kHigh Impact Technology Development 2019
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2015£469kSupporting People in Suicide Crisis in North London
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2014£10kEssential Repair of The Maytree Respite Centre, a sanctuary for the su
Barrow Cadbury Trust20/04/2013£40kCities of Migration: "From Integration to Inclusion"
City Bridge Foundation22/03/2013£2kGrant to The Maytree Respite Centre
City Bridge Foundation13/02/2013£120kGrant to The Maytree Respite Centre

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£76k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY1£72k
JOHN HODGES' TRUST FOR HARPSDEN HALL1£29k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND1£27k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY1£12k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE£249k—0above—no doubt
REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS FY2025£8.3m——unclear—no doubt
The Chiltern Centre Limited FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDBRIDGE RESPITE CARE ASSOCIATION FY2026£323k—0unclear—no doubt
SHALOM HOUSE FY2025£303k—0unclear—noted
TAKE A BREAK WARWICKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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