PADDOCK WOOD COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRE

Registered charity 1147816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Paddock Wood Community Advice Centre has been set up to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress. PWCAC provides confidential, impartial, independent, face-to-face advice and information without charge, from the charity's community advice centre in Paddock Wood.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£67k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £8,335 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £147,348. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern and note that unrestricted cash reserves exceed their stated policy target of £100,796. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Paddock Wood Community Advice Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£76k£67k
31/03/2024£65k£40k
31/03/2023£49k£34k
31/03/2022£48k£39k
31/03/2021£60k£46k

Common questions

Is PADDOCK WOOD COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £8,335 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £147,348. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern and note that unrestricted cash reserves exceed their stated policy target of £100,796. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PADDOCK WOOD COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PADDOCK WOOD COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2023£76Secular Societies

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/10/2025£20kPaddock Wood Community Advice Centre
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£15kMillionaire Street 2024 01w3 Year 2
Postcode Lottery27/02/2024£15kMillionaire Street 2024 01w3 Year 1
The National Lottery Community Fund28/06/2018£4kAdvice Quality Audit Standard
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2016£4kAdvice Quality Standard Audit
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£8Core service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£5kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£11kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£9kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£6kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£6kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£7kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£6kCore service support