MILLSTREAM DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1163000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENSON MILLSTREAM CENTRE

We provide interaction, meals and an exercise class for customers in and around Benson, Ewelme, Berrick Salome, Roke and Preston Crowmarsh. Activities are usually located in the Millstream Day Centre, open 3 days a week and staffed by a manager and cook employed by the charity and assisted by volunteers. In response to the Covid 19 pandemic we developed and still provide a meals at home service.

Objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING IN AND AROUND BENSON, EWELME, BERRICK SALOME, ROKE AND PRESTON CROWMARSH BY PROVIDING DAY CARE SERVICES AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net income was £1,375, supported by fundraising, grants, and donations, despite a drop in grants. Total reserves stood at £213,905, with cash funds of £27,304, and the trustees reported no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Benson Millstream Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bewley Homes — “We’re delighted to share that Bewley Homes has recently made a generous donation to our centre.” (source page)

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Paul Laniganchair
• Heather Merryweather
• Julia Marie Hayes
• Julie Broscomb
• Lucy White
• Susan Penelope Clayton

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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