HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DAY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 272688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CENTRE IN THE PARK

The principle activity and objective of HHDCL is to provide a safe,high quality day centre that allows the elderly of Dacorum Borough to be involved with bespoke,stimulating and rewarding activities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE DISTRICT OF DACORUM IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE BY PROVIDING IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, A DAY CENTRE WITH FACILITIES FOR MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS AND FACILITIES FOR MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS AND FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF DACORUM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £13,053 for the year, with unrestricted reserves totaling £230,343. The trustees report that the charity remains on a sound financial footing, supported by cash at bank and on deposit of £263,015. While the charity faces risks from potential funding reductions and increased energy costs, it has secured grant funding through March 2025 and into the following year.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01288177

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HALLAHAN, Kevin Peter — director, appointed 09/12/2025on trustee list
• TINDALL, Ronald George — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• TOWNSEND, Carrie — director, appointed 14/12/2023on trustee list
• BEAUCHAMP, Robert Charles — director, appointed 14/12/2023on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Alan James — director, appointed 11/06/2014on trustee list
• THORPE, Richard Arthur — director, appointed 06/04/2011on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Loretta Catherine — director, appointed 09/10/2002on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Janice Louisa — director, appointed 02/01/1996on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James Anderson
• Carrie Therese Townsend
• JANICE LOUISA MARSHALL
• LORETTA ANDERSON
• RICHARD THORPE
• Robert Charles Beauchamp
• Ronald George Tindall

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE.

• HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE income £354k
• THE HUNTER CENTRE income £240k
• Hockley and Hawkwell Day Centre income £139k
• THE HENHAYES CENTRE income £138k
• THE ABBEYFIELD BERKHAMSTED AND HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED income £736k
• ST MARYS CARE CENTRE income £162k

Side by side with its peers

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