THE BUTTERFIELD CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1125156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charitable company supporting independent living by providing day care, home help, 'meals on wheels' services and the like to the local community.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH A MULTI PURPOSE DAY CARE CENTRE AND TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS OF THE FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, BOURNE.

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

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

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's baseline funding is secured through minimal fees and donations, which cover maintenance, staff, and utilities. The charity holds funds at the bank and invests with the Charitable Organisations Investment Fund (COIF) for winding-up purposes. The trustees are newly recruited and are currently reviewing financial and management matters.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Baseline funding for the charity is secured by charging a minimal fee or a donation for services, which support the Centre’s maintenance, staff costs, utilities, statutory compliance, and, where possible, improvements to facilities and equipment as well as staff and volunteer development.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee payments
“The trustees have no beneficial interest in the company. They give their time voluntarily and do not receive any remuneration or other benefits for their service.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Late filing admitted
“Approved by trustees on 31st December 2025” — page 3
“In 2025, all trustees were newly recruited and are currently engaged in a thorough review of the charity's financial, policy, and management matters, to ensure these accurately reflect and support the ongoing work of the organisation.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Serious incident reports
“Approved by trustees on 31st December 2025” — page 3
“In 2025, all trustees were newly recruited and are currently engaged in a thorough review of the charity's financial, policy, and management matters, to ensure these accurately reflect and support the ongoing work of the organisation.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £7,687 — grants £7,687 (1); 6% of the £118,383 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 6% of the £86,884 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/03/2024, 30 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 30/05/2023, 119 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Butterfield Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£118k£117k
31/03/2024£87k£106k
31/03/2023£118k£88k
31/03/2022£116k£136k
31/03/2021£190k£101k

Common questions

Is THE BUTTERFIELD CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's baseline funding is secured through minimal fees and donations, which cover maintenance, staff, and utilities. The charity holds funds at the bank and invests with the Charitable Organisations Investment Fund (COIF) for winding-up purposes. The trustees are newly recruited and are currently reviewing financial and management matters. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BUTTERFIELD CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BUTTERFIELD CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LEN PICK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LEN PICK TRUSTFY2021£5kWelfare of the Elderly

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEDFORD STREET COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BUTTERFIELD CENTRE LIMITED£118k—0unclear—no doubt
BEDFORD STREET COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£215k—0below—no doubt
BROOKFIELD HOMECARE LIMITED FY2025£549k—0unclear—no doubt
BROADFIELD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
BUTTERWICK LIMITED FY2025£3.6m£80,001 - £90,000—below31.2%not going concern
THE CHARLES BROTHERTON TRUST FY2026£79k—0unclear—no doubt

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