THE DRACAENA CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1116299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FALMOUTH YOUTH CLUB LIMITED

We aim to increase the health, employability, leisure opportunity and ultimately long term quality of life for the community by providing access to advice, guidance, youth activity, recreation, healthy eating, employment and training.We support people with disabilities, young people, people with literacy and numeracy issues, ex-offenders, lone parents, carers and returners to work.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £241,498 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £13,308. This amount is explicitly noted as being below the trustees' policy target, which aims to maintain reserves equivalent to one year's anticipated expenditure. Despite this deficit and ongoing staffing matters, the trustees confirm the charity has sufficient resources to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2022)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER STANLEY FRANCIS SMITH
• Gill Grant
• Guy Beringer
• Helen Worthington
• JUNE CHAPPEL
• LESLEY TRENCHARD
• Michelle Holdroff
• STUART ROBERT FEARN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Bradbury

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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