HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 280552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides day care (including transport,bathing, a shopping service, advocacy and recreational activities) for people over 60 and who are isolated for whatever reason living in a radius of 7 miles of Halstead town.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE OVER 60 IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA.

Area of benefit: AREA OF BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL

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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Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed its Day Centre on 30 September 2025 due to unsustainable membership numbers. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £1,579, which is below the stated policy target of six months' running costs. The charity is currently seeking to sell its property to formally close.

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: £2k; policy: six months costs of running the Centre)

“The total funds of the charity at the balance sheet date was £19,748 with £18,169 relating to restricted funds. Taking into account the unrestricted fixed assets held, this leaves £974 (2024: £7,139) as the available funds of the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Membership numbers have unfortunately reduced to a level at which the charity's activities were deemed to be unsustainable and, on 30 September 2025, the Day Centre was closed. The trustees are currently looking to find a buyer for the vacant property and are pleased to report that there is some interest in the building. Once the property has been sold, the trustees will look to formally close the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DOROTHY EDITH LODGE MBE. JPchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW LEONARD EAST
COUNCILLOR MRS J PELL · trustee of 3 other charities
HELEN WENDY CATLEY

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£114k	£122k
31/03/2024	£106k	£121k
31/03/2023	£112k	£130k
31/03/2022	£91k	£119k
31/03/2021	£135k	£129k

Common questions

Is HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed its Day Centre on 30 September 2025 due to unsustainable membership numbers. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £1,579, which is below the stated policy target of six months' running costs. The charity is currently seeking to sell its property to formally close. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Towards the core costs of a day centre for isolated older people.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£442	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/05/2010	£200k	Halstead Day Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/11/2004	£69k	Expansion of Day Centre activities

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
Royal Surrey Charity	1	£100k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	1	£800

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
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DAY CENTRE LIMITED income £255k
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE income £171k
HALSTEAD NURSERY income £127k
ST MARYS CARE CENTRE income £162k
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
HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE	£114k	—	below	—	noted
HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE FY2025	£354k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DAY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE FY2026	£171k	—	above	—	not going concern
HALSTEAD NURSERY FY2025	£127k	—	above	—	noted
ST MARYS CARE CENTRE FY2025	£162k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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