Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service
To provide social day care to the elderly and infirm within Yeovil through the provision of hot meals and social activities.
Objects
TO IMPROVE THE CONDITITONS OF LIFE OF THE AGED AND DISABLED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF YEOVIL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PROVIDE A CENTRE AT WHICH RECREATIONS AND CATERING FACILITES MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £23,702 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £444,153. The charity maintains a strong cash balance of £348,583 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 8
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 8
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 4
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (13/03/2026)
Trustees
- MARK PORTERchair
- Russell Lee
- Stephen Robert Farnham
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £215k | £191k |
| 31/03/2024 | £105k | £111k |
| 31/03/2023 | £94k | £93k |
| 31/03/2022 | £94k | £87k |
| 31/03/2021 | £103k | £84k |
Common questions
Is Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £23,702 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £444,153. The charity maintains a strong cash balance of £348,583 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service as a grant recipient include THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST | FY2023 | £15k | |
| THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST | FY2024 | £12k | |
| THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST | FY2025 | £10k | |
| THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST | FY2022 | £3k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| SMALLWOOD TRUST | 1 | £38k |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- JAY JALARAM DAY CENTRE
- HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE
- YEOVIL U3A
- YEOVIL COMMUNITY CHURCH
- Hockley and Hawkwell Day Centre
- YSS
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service | £215k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| JAY JALARAM DAY CENTRE | £41k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE | £354k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YEOVIL U3A | £56k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YEOVIL COMMUNITY CHURCH | £962k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Hockley and Hawkwell Day Centre | £139k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |