THAXTED CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED

Registered charity 289010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CraftAbility, TOWN AND COUNTRY WORK CENTRE FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED - THAXTED

Centre runs twice weekly day sessions throughout the year for mobility disabled people, who participate in remedial and rehabilitative occupational therapy to enhance their self reliance and social skills. The centre is purpose built and self contained. It is staffed entirely by volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF UTTLESFORD WHO ARE AFFECTED BY PHYSICAL DISABILITY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, TRAINING, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN SHELTERED AND SECURE SURROUNDINGS, WITH THE AIM OF BUILDING THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE.

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.

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £9,285 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total receipts of £36,291 against payments of £27,461. Unrestricted reserves increased to £40,661, up from £31,376 in the previous year. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Bentens, which found no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Clarson
• DAVID ROBERT BARNARD
• Diane Looker
• Judy Lorraine Weavers
• Nicholas Jeremy Wood

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAXTED DAY CENTRE.

• THAXTED DAY CENTRE income £49k
• NEWENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED income £1.4m
• THE DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE income £576k
• TEESSIDE ABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE income £1.3m
• ASIST income £1.4m
• LEAPGATE ACTIVITY CENTRE income £267k

Side by side with its peers

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