The Chiltern Centre Limited

Registered charity 1101218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHILTERN CENTRE, THE CHILTERN CENTRE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN LIMITED

The provision of respite care and associated services to young people and their families

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE THE PROVISION OF CARE, RESPITE, HELP, EDUCATION, PLAY AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HARDSHIP AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND RESPITE, HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND GUARDIANS.

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.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £123,305 in 2025, supported by strong occupancy levels and careful financial management. Per the trustees' report, the charity exited the year with a cash balance of £1.63m and unrestricted reserves of £1.78m, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' running costs (£310k). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04843950

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Chiltern 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.

• BUCKLE, David John — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• GEDLING, Jonathan Martin — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
• BOYD, Sangita — director, appointed 15/07/2022on trustee list
• VENABLES, Paul — director, appointed 22/01/2020on trustee list
• HADDOCK, David Jonathan — director, appointed 23/05/2018on trustee list
• STEEL, Nicholas Charles Thomas — director, appointed 02/12/2016on trustee list
• HADDOCK, David — secretary, appointed 31/07/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Chiltern Centre Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/07/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~20.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• The Chiltern Centre: Good (06/08/2021) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Buckle
• David Jonathan Haddock
• Jonathan Martin Gedling · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICHOLAS CHARLES THOMAS STEEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Venables

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chiltern Nursery and Training College.

• Chiltern Nursery and Training College income £2.8m
• CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
• BISHOP CREIGHTON HOUSE SETTLEMENT income £845k
• CHILTERN CHURCH income £276k
• BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m

Side by side with its peers

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