NORTHWOOD DAY CARE CENTRE

Registered charity 514092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objective of the Charity is to provide a service and asistance which will enable members to live in their own homes and communities longer and to enhance their mental stimuation and quality of life.This is achieved by providing the following:-Transport to and from the CentreHot Three Course MealPersonal Care Need MetHairdressing ServiceLibrary ServiceLaundry Service etc.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AS AFORESAID BY REAON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITHE THE OBCECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THEPERSONS FOR WHOME THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION)

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: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£279k
Latest spending
£285k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,105 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £498,775 to £493,670. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately three months of future expenditure as cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Private day care (69% of income)
“Private day care 193,642” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months future expenditure (held: £494k)
“The charity policy on reserves is to hold approximately three months future expenditure as cash reserves.” — page 5
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£279k£285k
31/05/2024£227k£253k
31/05/2023£201k£231k
31/05/2022£311k£248k
31/05/2021£228k£219k

Common questions

Is NORTHWOOD DAY CARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,105 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £498,775 to £493,670. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately three months of future expenditure as cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2004£5kPurchase of a minibus with necessary facilities for the eldery