CRAWLEY CAP CENTRE

Registered charity 1197933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Crawley CAP Centre works in partnership with local churches and with the national charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The Centre provides a high quality debt counselling service in association with the national CAP charity, helping clients to become debt free. We offer a CAP Money Course to develop budgeting skills, and we may develop further CAP services over time.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDC. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

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

Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £12,098 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decline in unrestricted reserves from £61,619 to £49,595. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a solid financial position with free reserves of £52,620, which are well above the stated policy target of two months' typical expenditure.

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 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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

• Alan Cruickshank
• Gillian Ruth Wilson
• PETER IONS
• ROBERT JAMES PUDNEY
• Rev Charlotte DOBSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• Rev Charlotte DOBSON — trustee here and at PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CRAWLEY

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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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
• CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY income £15.0m
• LANCASTER, MORECAMBE AND DISTRICT CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE income £34k
• WOOLWICH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £120k
• HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS CAP GROUP income £25k
• CRAWLEY COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICE LIMITED income £235k

Side by side with its peers

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