ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 269845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE, CHANDLER CENTRE

The Ascot District Day Centre provides a place to which the elderly of the district may spend the day (10.00 to 15.30) partaking of the various activities on offer and receive a healthy lunch as well as tea/coffee mid morning and afternoon. The centre is funded by donations & a small charge to members.

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Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£170k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £150,569, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to 100% of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,817 for the year, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £151k; policy: 100% of annual expenditure)

“At 31st December 2025, the Trust's Net Current Assets totalled £105,776. This as a percentage of total annual expenditure is 62%.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ascot Day Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Sunninghill Trust — “A special thanks to our main sponsors Sunninghill Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthea Ross
CHRISTINE BATESON · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Turle
ELVIRA FLETCHER
Robert Charles OLIVER
Robert Elie Ellison
Steven Alexander Heathcote
Yvonne Bruce

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

Operates in: Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£143k	£170k
31/12/2024	£115k	£146k
31/12/2023	£56k	£127k
31/12/2022	£43k	£87k
31/12/2021	£251k	£96k

Common questions

Is ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £150,569, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to 100% of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,817 for the year, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST as a grant recipient include FUEL ALLOTMENT, THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2024	£65k	Relief of age or sickness
FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2025	£30k
FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2022	£9k	Towards annual running costs of the Day Centre
FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2023	£3k	Towards annual running costs of the Day Centre
FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2022	£2k	Towards Daycare Plus
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST.

THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST income £144k
BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST income £165k
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD income £365k
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE income £171k
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 929 income £107k
Hockley and Hawkwell Day Centre income £139k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST	£143k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST FY2024	£144k	—	unclear	—	noted
BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD FY2025	£365k	—	below	—	noted
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE FY2026	£171k	—	above	—	not going concern
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 929 FY2025	£107k	—	above	—	no doubt

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