Dreadnought

Registered charity 270486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DREADNOUGHT ACTIVITIES CENTRE, DREADNOUGHT CENTRE, The Dreadnought Centre

Working with children and young people aged 8 - 19 years who are experiencing difficulties in their lives. Using the creative arts to provide informal counselling.Offering a variety of programme work to address such issues as anger management, domestic violence abuse, sexual abuse, low self esteem, beareavement etc. working on both a one to one basis and in groups.

Objects

PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND MORAL IMPROVEMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,881 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £688,013, which is above the trustees' stated ideal target of £150,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dreadnought Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Walker-Booth
• Jeanette Paula Toy
• Jonathan Bolitho Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katharine Anne Neve

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k
• Derwentside Detached Youth Project income £108k
• DREADNOUGHT SOUTH WEST income £68k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m
• BRANDON CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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