THE PEACEFUL PLACE LTD

Registered charity 1127072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of day care and support for people living with young onset dementia.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF YOUNGER PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA PARTICULARLY BUT NOT BY WAY OFLIMITATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, CARE, COUNSELLING, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT INCLUDINGSUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND CARERS.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE NEEDS OF YOUNGER PEOPLEWITH DEMENTIA.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£748k
Latest spending
£690k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £748,485 against total expenditure of £689,893, resulting in a net income surplus of £58,592. The charity holds total funds carried forward of £1,720,080, which includes £936,178 in designated funds for its freehold property, and the Trustees consider the overall financial position to be healthy. Unrestricted general funds stood at £191,685, which the Trustees note is approximately three months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Day centre fees (65% of income)
“Day centre fees: £488,963” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Unrestricted general fund of £191,685, (approx. 3 months' operating costs.”
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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £14,973 — grants £14,973 (1); 2% of the £748,485 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £14,973 — grants £14,973 (1); 2% of the £696,570 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Peaceful Place Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£748k
Total spending
£690k
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£192k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£748k£690k
31/03/2024£697k£569k
31/03/2023£496k£404k
31/03/2022£351k£309k
31/03/2021£248k£270k

Common questions

Is THE PEACEFUL PLACE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £748,485 against total expenditure of £689,893, resulting in a net income surplus of £58,592. The charity holds total funds carried forward of £1,720,080, which includes £936,178 in designated funds for its freehold property, and the Trustees consider the overall financial position to be healthy. Unrestricted general funds stood at £191,685, which the Trustees note is approximately three months' operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England25/10/2024£15k"Sport4Health" (Dementia Sports & Health Initiative)
UK government25/10/2024£15kALB-Sport England-Sport4Health (Dementia Sports & Health Initiative)
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£19k“Growing Peaceful Communities” (Peaceful People Community Allotment Project)
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£293k“Active Lives” [Early-Onset Dementia Activity & Development Programme]
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£24kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2021£10kRebuilding services - strengthening support
UK government09/09/2020£25kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund10/03/2011£7kEnhancement of day centre environment and facilities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PEACEFUL PLACE LTD£748k—0below—no doubt
HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD FY2026£156k—0above—no doubt
THE PACE CENTRE LTD FY2025£4.0m—1above—no doubt
THE CALM TRUST FY2025£80k—0unclear41.0%no doubt
SPIRIT OF PEACE FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
PEACEFUL STREAMS FY2025£224k——unclear—no doubt

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