CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1122721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Day Care Service for the Vulnerable Elderly within our community, offering healthy &freshly cooked meals, Mental /Physical stimulation, Social interactions & Outings, Digital introduction & health awareness sessions. We offer a variety of services to incl Meals on Wheels to shut-ins, Befriending/Prescription collection, Seasonal projects & a Home Visiting service. A community youth club,

Objects

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR4.1.1. WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ELDERLY INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN ORIGIN ("THE BENEFICIARIES") TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.4.1.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL AND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS.4.1.3 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£136k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £29,705 at year-end, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £28,000 (three months' running costs). The charity reported a net income of £24,820, resulting in total net assets of £99,915. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' running costs, currently approximately £28,000 (reserves figure: £30k)
“The Trustees have adopted a reserves policy under which the charity aims to hold free reserves (unrestricted funds not tied up in fixed assets or designated for specific purposes) equal to three months' running costs, currently approximately £28,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £64,456 — contracts £32,228 (2), grants £32,228 (2); 47% of the £136,425 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £38,077 — contracts £13,228 (1), grants £24,849 (1); 27% of the £140,338 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 11
  • Government income: £43,620 — contracts £21,810 (1), grants £21,810 (1); 51% of the £86,014 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 29/12/2025 (received 30/10/2026, 1 day after the 29/10/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
29/12/2025£136k£112k
29/12/2024£140k£119k
29/12/2023£86k£103k
29/12/2022£133k£101k
29/12/2021£74k£73k

Common questions

Is CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £29,705 at year-end, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £28,000 (three months' running costs). The charity reported a net income of £24,820, resulting in total net assets of £99,915. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE SAINTBURY TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2024£2kRelief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£650

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2025£20kThe Cape CARING Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£19kCape Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2022£10kCape Re-Stim-U-Late YOU project
Sport England15/01/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2018£10kCape Community Care Day Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2015£10kThe Cape Community Care Day Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2013£2kCape Luncheon Club
The National Lottery Community Fund06/10/2011£5kCentral Heating for Large Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2006£7kImproving Provision Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEENSBURY SUPPORT CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAPE COMMUNITY CARE DAY CENTRE£136k—0above—no doubt
QUEENSBURY SUPPORT CENTRE FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
KENILWORTH COMMUNITY CARE FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt
WITNEY DAY CENTRE FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY) FY2025£1.8m—0within—no doubt
HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE FY2025£354k—0unclear—no doubt

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