THE GROCOTT CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1125439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a day care centre and care for those service users that attend the centre suffering from Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities. From 2009, the centre now also provides domiciliary care for its members. The centre's activities are aimed at young adults from North Staffordshire and adjoining areas.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE, WELL BEING AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS WHO ARE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED ARISING AS A RESULT OF; PHYSICAL AND / OR LEARNING DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, OLDER AGE, ILLNESS AND, ALLIED CONDITIONS.3.2 TO PROVIDE; CAUSE TO BE PROVIDED OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES:-3.2.1 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL DAY AND RESIDENTIAL CENTRES FOR THE TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS FROM VULNERABLE GROUPS (AS PER OUR OBJECTS).3.2.2 FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF SUITABLE CASES UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1944 AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRAINING CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.3.2.3 TO INVITE THE ACTIVE CO-OPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, ANCILLARY MEDICAL SERVICES, TEACHING PROFESSIONS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, UNIVERSITIES, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HOSPITAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AND COLLEGES, RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS AND DISABLED WELFARE ORGANISATIONS AND ALL OR ANY OTHER BODIES OR INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE IN THE FULFILMENT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION.3.2.4 FOR THE GENERAL SOCIAL WELFARE FOR ALL SUCH PERSONS AND FOR THE MAKING OF CONTRACTS WITH, ADVISING AND ASSISTING PARENTS AND THOSE CARING FOR THEM.3.2.5 FOR THE TAKING OF ALL MEASURES TO ASSIST THOSE FROM VULNERABLE GROUPS (AS PER OUR OBJECTS) TO TAKE THEIR NORMAL PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HELP AS FAR AS IS POSSIBLE TO BECOME, PHYSICALLY AND SOCIALLY INDEPENDENT.3.3 TO PRINT OR CAUSE TO BE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, LEAFLETS, PAMPHLETS, ARTICLES, PERIODICALS AND BOOKS RELATING TO THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION.3.4 TO WATCH AND ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF LEGISLATION BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL, AFFECTING THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF PEOPLE FROM VULNERABLE GROUPS (AS PER OUR OBJECTS

Area of benefit: NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

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: Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £26,926 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement from the previous year's loss of £71,185. Total income increased to £202,573, driven by growth in daycare income and new rental income, while total expenditure rose to £229,499. The charity's unrestricted reserves stand at £101,921, which the trustees state is in excess of their policy target of maintaining at least one year's expenses (approximately £100,000).

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.

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.

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 31/03/2023 (received 12/02/2024, 12 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06601430

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Grocott 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.

• MACDONALD, Nigel Julian — director, appointed 03/01/2023on trustee list
• SWISTEK, Mark — director, appointed 25/11/2019on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Debbie — director, appointed 15/12/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

CQC provider record: The Grocott Centre Limited — Deregistered, 3 registered locations, last inspected 03/02/2014.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Debbie Campbell
• Mark Swistek
• Nigel Macdonald

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Common questions

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 BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST.

• BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST income £165k
• CROFT CARE TRUST income £2.6m
• GRACE HOUSE NORTH EAST income £584k
• THE NORTHAM CARE TRUST income £6.5m
• HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE income £91k
• SOUTH CROYDON CENTRE income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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