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ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1176777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q66228279

CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE, DISABILITY, GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROVIDES SERVICES, RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, PROVIDES HUMAN RESOURCES, EDUCATION/TRAINING, ELDERLY/OLD PEOPLE, OTHER DEFINED GROUPS.

Objects

3.1 The Objects of the Charity are the promotion of the Catholic religion, the advancement of education, and the promotion of physical and mental health for people of all ages who have epilepsy, a learning disability, and/or complex needs on the basis of need and regardless of their religious, cultural, or ethnic background, including by, but not limited to, the provision of: (a) education (including cultural, social, moral and spiritual development); (b) training and other activities to develop their skills, capabilities and capacity to engage in work and/or to live independently; (c) care and health support; and (d) facilities for leisure time occupation in the interests of social, moral, and spiritual welfare; in accordance with the teaching, rites, and practices of the Catholic Church and (subject to Article 3.2 and save for purposes incidental and ancillary to those objects) no other purposes. 3.2 Notwithstanding Article 3.1 if the Trustees with the agreement of the Member in their absolute discretion resolve that it has ceased to be practicable and/or a suitable and effective use of the Charity’s assets to apply all or any part of such assets for the purposes set out in Article 3.1 they may apply the relevant assets of the Charity for such other charitable purposes associated with the education or relief of need of people with epilepsy, a learning disability and/or complex needs in accordance with the teaching, rites and practices of the Catholic Church as the Trustees with the agreement of the Member may from time to time determine.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42.1m
Latest spending
£24.4m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in income to £42.05m, driven largely by a one-off £15m donation, resulting in a surplus of £17.65m. Unrestricted reserves increased to £8.81m, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of six months' expenditure but on a trajectory to meet it by 2027. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £14.10m and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £8.8m; policy: six months of annual expenditure)
“Although this remains below the six‑month target, the Trustees are satisfied that the Charity is on a clear trajectory towards achieving the required level of reserves.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Congregation
“In 2025, The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege, a charity (registered in England and Wales no. 1068661), provided the Charity a donation of £15m.” — page 37
“The charity incurred costs of £3,198 in the year (2024: £540) from Cohort Security Solutions Limited. The spouse of a member of the Charity’s key management personnel is a director and shareholder of the company.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Security services from Cohort Security Solutions Limited
“In 2025, The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege, a charity (registered in England and Wales no. 1068661), provided the Charity a donation of £15m.” — page 37
“The charity incurred costs of £3,198 in the year (2024: £540) from Cohort Security Solutions Limited. The spouse of a member of the Charity’s key management personnel is a director and shareholder of the company.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Diocese of Westminster
“In 2025, The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege, a charity (registered in England and Wales no. 1068661), provided the Charity a donation of £15m.” — page 37
“The charity incurred costs of £3,198 in the year (2024: £540) from Cohort Security Solutions Limited. The spouse of a member of the Charity’s key management personnel is a director and shareholder of the company.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St Elizabeth's Centre Welfare Services Limited
“St Elizabeth's Centre has a wholly-owned trading subsidiary undertaking, St Elizabeth's Centre Welfare Services Limited ("WSL"), a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales (registered no 12281455).” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £25,629,191 — contracts £25,495,000 (161), grants £134,191 (11); 61% of the £42,054,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 13 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £17,629,227 — contracts £17,512,000 (146), grants £117,227 (11); 93% of the £18,963,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 5; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Government income: £12,172,000 — contracts £11,747,000 (117), grants £425,000 (12); 79% of the £15,453,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 10 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

In the news

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Corporate structure

ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE WELFARE SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £788k
  • Profit before tax: £38k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £38k
“The company donates an amount equal to its taxable profit each year to its parent, St Elizabeth's Centre.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Elizabeth's Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St Elizabeth's Centre — Registered, 3 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 04/01/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£42.1m
Total spending
£24.4m
Cost of raising funds
£773k
Reserves (reported)
£8.8m
Employees
578

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£42.1m£24.4m
31/12/2024£19.0m£20.4m
31/12/2023£15.5m£18.7m
31/12/2022£25.1m£31.3m
31/12/2021£25.7m£25.5m

Common questions

Is ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in income to £42.05m, driven largely by a one-off £15m donation, resulting in a surplus of £17.65m. Unrestricted reserves increased to £8.81m, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of six months' expenditure but on a trajectory to meet it by 2027. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £14.10m and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGE, THE BAND TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGEFY2025£15.0mCapital expenditure projects to upgrade existing buildings, build new facilities, and provide resources for longer term financial resilience.
THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGEFY2023£1.8mAssistance with high costs during a period of reduced income
THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGEFY2024£1.0mAssistance with short-term funding and cash flow issues arising from the closure of the adult home and inability to admit new college placements.
THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGEFY2024£1.0mSupport for much-needed maintenance of buildings and facilities to assist with gaining future contracts with local authorities.
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£40kDisabled
THE BAND TRUSTFY2022£20kSpecific grantee
THE BAND TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£15kDisabled
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£5kDisability
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England15/05/2024£10kSpecialist Bike Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£104k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£42k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£28k
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION1£21k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£13k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£10k
THE INMAN CHARITY1£5k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELIZABETH HOUSE SOCIAL CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE£42.1m——below—no doubt
ELIZABETH HOUSE SOCIAL CENTRE FY2025£185k—0unclear—no doubt
EASTON COMMUNITY CHILDRENS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0within—no doubt
ELBWO FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS' ESTATE CHARITY FY2025£684k—0below—no doubt
St Elizabeth Hospice FY2025£19.3m——unclear—no doubt

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