DURSLEY AND DISTRICT OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE

Registered charity 296962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Drop in Centre for the Over 60's. Self Financed and run by volunteers

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF DURSLEY.

Area of benefit: DURSLEY AND DISTRICT

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

Causes: Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income

£201k

Latest spending

£201k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased all activity and closed due to unsustainable operations caused by falling demand, rising costs, and volunteer recruitment difficulties. Per the trustees' report, the charity's property was sold and all remaining funds were distributed to other local charities, leaving no restricted or endowment funds held at the date of closure.

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

“At the date of closure no restricted or endowment funds were held, and all conditions relating to grant income previousl-v- received had been fulfilled.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID EDWIN BARNESchair
FIONA DAVIS

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
01/04/2025	£201k	£201k
01/04/2024	£5k	£6k
01/04/2023	£6k	£5k
01/04/2022	£2k	£6k
01/04/2021	£10k	£8k

Common questions

Is DURSLEY AND DISTRICT OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased all activity and closed due to unsustainable operations caused by falling demand, rising costs, and volunteer recruitment difficulties. Per the trustees' report, the charity's property was sold and all remaining funds were distributed to other local charities, leaving no restricted or endowment funds held at the date of closure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/02/2015	£10k	User retention and enhancement for our centre

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 FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	1	£8k
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	1	£4k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£4k
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST	1	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE income £171k
CARIS HARINGEY income £162k
DARWEN OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £254k
THE WESTWAY COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING CENTRE income £230k
DUNSTON ACTIVITY CENTRE income £234k
OUR CENTRE income £336k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DURSLEY AND DISTRICT OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE	£201k	—	below	—	no doubt
ATTLEBOROUGH DAY CENTRE FY2026	£171k	—	above	—	not going concern
CARIS HARINGEY FY2025	£162k	—	unclear	—	not going concern
DARWEN OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£254k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WESTWAY COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING CENTRE FY2025	£230k	—	above	—	no doubt
DUNSTON ACTIVITY CENTRE FY2025	£234k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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