CMSS

Registered charity 277128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL MIDDLESEX SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Provision of day services and social activities for adults with Cerebral Palsy and associated disabilities

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF EALING, HARROW AND HILLINGDON AND THAT PART OF THE LONDON BORUGH OF BRENT NORTH OF THE NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD (OR IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANISATION IN AN EQUIVALENT AREA) AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THESE PRESENTS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE PERSONS WITH ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES).

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECT

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hillingdon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£805k
Latest spending
£696k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus position with a net income of £109,060 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a period of significant staff turnover and operational change. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,551,237, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of six months of general fund expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the resources expended in general funds (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“The Executive committee has a policy whereby the untestricted funds not committed held by the charity should equate to about six months of the resources expended in general funds” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sterling Grove Accountants Limited. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £604,358 — contracts £604,358 (5); 75% of the £804,864 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £616,472 — contracts £616,472 (6); 81% of the £762,352 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £594,684 — contracts £594,684 (7); 79% of the £755,309 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£805k
Total spending
£696k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~26.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Harrow · Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£805k£696k
31/03/2024£762k£890k
31/03/2023£755k£860k
31/03/2022£645k£811k
31/03/2021£610k£831k

Common questions

Is CMSS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus position with a net income of £109,060 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a period of significant staff turnover and operational change. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,551,237, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of six months of general fund expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sterling Grove Accountants Limited.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MBS Centre Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CMSS£805k—0above—no doubt
MBS Centre Ltd FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
ENHANCEABLE FY2025£3.1m—1unclear—no doubt
WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED FY2025£32.1m—10above—no doubt
CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS FY2025£225k—0above—no doubt
Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability FY2025£2.4m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt

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