CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS

Registered charity 1117611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) To establish, promote and provide services directed to the resolution of conflict between persons, groups or organisations through mediation. 2) To provide education and training concerning the resolution of disputes or conflicts and in particular to promote understanding of the nature and causes of any such dispute or conflicts. 3) To promote and provide education and training for those person

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £58,820, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £677,513 to £618,693. The trustees' report indicates that the main income comes from charity shop profits and Gift Aid, with a stated reserves policy to cover six months of running costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2024: nil).” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £434k)
“The charity can cover its running costs for 6 months.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Peaceful Solutions Limited
“Peaceful Solutions Limited is the wholly owned, trading subsidiary of the Charity. It operates charity shops in North London.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£434k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (91% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2023£316k£182k
31/03/2022£184k£159k
31/03/2021£148k£56k

Common questions

Is CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £58,820, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £677,513 to £618,693. The trustees' report indicates that the main income comes from charity shop profits and Gift Aid, with a stated reserves policy to cover six months of running costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins.

What does the highest-paid employee of CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS as a grant recipient include SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2019£10kLiving and Learning in Harmony
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2016£7kGiraffe Ears Day: a celebration of compassionate communication

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 JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£39k
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST1£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LIMITED FY2025£8.0m—15unclear—no doubt
CIVIL MEDIATION COUNCIL LIMITED FY2024£246k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
CONCORDIS INTERNATIONAL TRUST FY2024£732k——unclear—no doubt
CALM MEDIATION FY2025£589k—0below—noted

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