DEBT CENTRE GREENWICH

Registered charity 1195721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of 1:1 support and access to free financial advice;Taking referrals from CAP Team to assist people with debt-related problems;Providing pastoral support through befrienders to help clients to rebuild their confidence Praying with clients and sharing the gospel message

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPPORT AND ACCESS TO FREE FINANCIAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH DEBT-RELATED PROBLEMS LIVING IN GREENWICH AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH SUPPORT AND ADVICE. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CHRISTIAN LIVING AND DEMONSTRATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Area of benefit: GREENWICH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income for the year was £61,228 against expenditure of £55,659, resulting in a surplus. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £23,132, which exceeds their stated policy target of £14,000 for three months of running costs.

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 5 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MICHAEL BESWETHERICKchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher John Ashworth
• David John Tyron Angel
• Tamara Ruth WOODHOUSE

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHIPPENHAM CAP CENTRE.

• CHIPPENHAM CAP CENTRE income £33k
• THE FENLAND CAP DEBT CENTRE income £7k
• GREENWICH HOMELESS PROJECT income £202k
• CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
• HENLEY ON THAMES CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE income £94k
• GREENWICH YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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