CENTREPEACE

Registered charity 1150049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CentrePeace has established a drop-in community support centre that promotes community cohesion and wellbeing through connecting people with services, resources and social networks in their own community. CentrePeace offers a range of free services, from counselling and support groups to skills and craft workshops.The premises includes a charity shop and cafe.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN PAIGNTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PAIGNTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that CentrePeace reported a net deficit of £10,793 for the year, marking the second consecutive year where expenditure exceeded income. Unrestricted reserves fell to £9,056, which the trustees acknowledge is below their target policy of holding six to eight weeks of running costs. Despite these deficits and reduced reserves, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern supported by secured restricted funding.

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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Louise Forsythe
• Helen Louise Sell
• Pamela Harvey
• Sarah Louise Parris
• Teresa Jane Emberson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tina Hooks · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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