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THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE

Registered charity 1089086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE (GUILDFORD) LIMITED

The Fountain Centre aims to enable cancer patients and others with similar chronic illnesses, and their families to regain control of their lives by empowering them with information and support. We offer a wide range of complementary therapies, group classes and counselling.

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Latest income
£784k
Latest spending
£641k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £157,515 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in general unrestricted reserves of £451,287. The trustees report that the financial position remains healthy and that reserves have almost recovered to their pre-COVID state, exceeding the policy target of six months of running costs. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fountain 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.

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

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

    Total income
    £784k
    Total spending
    £641k
    Cost of raising funds
    £120k
    Reserves (reported)
    £451k
    Employees
    14

    Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Surrey

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2024£784k£641k
    31/12/2023£634k£580k
    31/12/2022£580k£505k
    31/12/2021£122k£231k
    31/12/2020£520k£358k

    Common questions

    Is THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE financially healthy?

    Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £157,515 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in general unrestricted reserves of £451,287. The trustees report that the financial position remains healthy and that reserves have almost recovered to their pre-COVID state, exceeding the policy target of six months of running costs. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

    Who funds THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE WISLEY FOUNDATION, FRAZER TRUST, THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROWLEDGE.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE WISLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£23ksupporting the creation of a garden terrace
    FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£3kChildren
    FRAZER TRUSTFY2025£3kDisabled
    FRAZER TRUSTFY2023£3kChildren
    FRAZER TRUSTFY2022£2k
    THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
    THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROWLEDGEFY2023£261
    THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROWLEDGEFY2024£203

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    Sport England11/02/2020£5kCancer Exercise Pilot Programme