ST AUSTELL OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE SOCIETY

Registered charity 207449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST AUSTELL OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE

Providing a drop-in, community centre and facilities for the people, in particular the elderly and over 50s, of st Austell. It is also used by various groups such as Darby & Joan and other vulnerable groups. The area covered includes St Austell Town and surrounding areas.

Objects

The charity’s objects (‘the objects’) are 1. To promote, assist and further benefit all older persons, being those over the age of fifty years, living in the town of St Austell and the neighbouring areas without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by assisting and associating together the said persons with the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations engaged in providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for physical and mental recreation and improvement and advancing education and leisure time occupation to benefit the physical and mental welfare of the said persons, furthering health, relieving stress or sickness, or in pursuing any objectives which may be deemed to be charitable. 2. To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end bringing together, in council, representatives of the authorities and organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes or any of them within the areas specified in objective 1. 3. To assist any bodies financially, when prudent, or otherwise in furtherance of the above purposes or any of them. 4. To promote and carry out, or assist promoting or carrying out, surveys relating to the needs of older people and arrange the forwarding to the proper authorities and organisations the relevant facts obtained from such surveys.

Area of benefit: ST. AUSTELL AND DISTRICT

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£7k
Latest spending
£6k
Registered
1962

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £8,000 — grants £8,000 (1); 68% of the £11,725 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 29/08/2024, 211 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£7k£6k
31/03/2025£4k£5k
31/03/2024£7k£9k
31/03/2023£7k£18k
31/03/2022£12k£12k

Common questions

Who funds ST AUSTELL OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST AUSTELL OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE SOCIETY as a grant recipient include DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£3k