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TRINITY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 282839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The operation of a community hall in Fishermead, Milton Keynes

Objects

TO PROMOTE (A) THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FISHERMEAD MILTON KEYNES BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

Area of benefit: FISHERMEAD MILTON KEYNES AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,681 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased IT and energy costs. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £27,667, which the trustees note is equivalent to 34 weeks of expenditure, significantly exceeding their policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of general fund expenditure (reserves figure: £28k)
“The trustees seek to maintain reserves at not less than thirteen weeks (three months) of general fund expenditure” — page 4
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.

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

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £3,210 — contracts £2,210 (2), grants £1,000 (1); 9% of the £35,046 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 3% of the £36,155 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/02/2023, 3 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35k£41k
31/03/2024£36k£32k
31/03/2023£48k£28k
31/03/2022£27k£33k
31/03/2021£30k£28k

Common questions

Is TRINITY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,681 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased IT and energy costs. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £27,667, which the trustees note is equivalent to 34 weeks of expenditure, significantly exceeding their policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LINBURY TRUST1£50k
FIRST IPC PRESBYTERY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1£47k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£35k
THE BAND TRUST1£30k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS1£27k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST1£25k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND1£15k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRINITY HOUSE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRINITY CENTRE TRUST£35k—0above—no doubt
TRINITY HOUSE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt
SHAFTESBURY TRINITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THREE TREES COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH YORK FY2025£324k—0above—no doubt
TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—material uncertainty

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