HIGH WYCOMBE CENTRAL AID SOCIETY

Registered charity 201445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL AID, CENTRAL AID SOC

The objective of the Charity is to provide assistance to the needy in High Wycombe and the surrounding area. We achieve this objective by providing low cost furniture and white goods to those on a limited income, granting furniture and white goods to those in crisis and providing work experience and skills to those facing disadvantage. (In April2025 the charity started to convert to CIO 1212511)

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £585,157, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £128,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hypnos — “Hypnos for providing plastic mattress covers to protect furnishings” (source page)
• Anson Trust — “Anson Trust donation towards small electric van” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN GEOFFREY PEARSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET STAGG · trustee of 4 other charities
• TODD RICKETTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM GEORGE REID · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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