THE EDWARD HAIN CENTRE

Registered charity 1200936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to buy, refurbish and reopen the old Edward Hain Hospital in St Ives, closed by the NHS. We will create a new Community Health & Wellbeing Centre for the town and surrounding area.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN ST IVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE TO PROVIDE: - INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES - A HUB FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH, HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLBEING ACTIVITIES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Latest income
£191k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £673,571, while the trustees note that no formal reserves policy has yet been established for the newly formed charity. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with a net incoming resource surplus of £23,062 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation from Trustee
“Alan Bennetts - Trustee - Donated £120.” — page 22
“Keturah Grindstaff - Trustee - Donated £25,125 & reimbursed expenses of £112 for insurance paid.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Trustee
“Alan Bennetts - Trustee - Donated £120.” — page 22
“Keturah Grindstaff - Trustee - Donated £25,125 & reimbursed expenses of £112 for insurance paid.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from connected charity
“Alan Bennetts - Trustee - Donated £120.” — page 22
“Keturah Grindstaff - Trustee - Donated £25,125 & reimbursed expenses of £112 for insurance paid.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£770k
Total spending
£109k
Cost of raising funds
£200
Reserves (reported)
£667k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~73.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£191k£168k
31/03/2024£770k£109k

Common questions

Is THE EDWARD HAIN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £673,571, while the trustees note that no formal reserves policy has yet been established for the newly formed charity. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with a net incoming resource surplus of £23,062 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2025£172kThe Edward Hain Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£10kEdward Hain Centre Community Launch

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARNHILL CENTRE OF CHRISTIAN HEALING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE EDWARD HAIN CENTRE£191k—0unclear—no doubt
HARNHILL CENTRE OF CHRISTIAN HEALING FY2024£505k—0unclear—no doubt
Sussex Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (previously known as The League of Friends of Hurstwood Park Hospital) FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE) FY2025£389k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HENHAYES CENTRE FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHARLES HASTINGS EDUCATION CENTRE FY2025£699k—0unclear—no doubt

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