ELIZABETH HOUSE COOKHAM

Registered charity 1188342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to provide support and companionship for the independent senior citizens of Cookham and the surrounding areas. We are a Day Centre where members come to share the company of others in a happy, fun and safe environment, to have a cooked lunch and to have the opportunity to enjoy stimulating physical and mental activities and be entertained by musicians and other live artists.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR TO CATER FOR THOSE, AGED OVER 60, MAINLY LIVING IN COOKHAM AND DISTRICT, IN NEED OF DAY CENTRE CARE’ THAT IS PARTICULARLY THE LONELY, THE FRAIL AND THE ELDERLY; AND TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THEIR NEEDS AND COMPANIONSHIP.

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: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £21,289 for the year ended 31 March 2026, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £39,444. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £309,415, which the charity considers sufficient to meet annual running costs. The charity relies heavily on self-generated income, with membership subscriptions, lunches, and room rentals accounting for 76% of total income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Williams Pellatt
• Jennifer Elton
• Sally James
• Sarah Jane Renton
• Sheridan Hayter
• Suzanne Jane Shellabear
• William Brown Bennett

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

Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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• ELIZABETH HOUSE SOCIAL CENTRE income £185k
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• HIGHBURY VALE-BLACKSTOCK TRUST income £583k

Side by side with its peers

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