MAGGS DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 700852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maggs provides a centre and ancillary support for people in material or emotional need, and/or who feel socially isolated, and/or who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, in Worcester and its surrounding area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£927k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Maggs Day Centre reported a net deficit of £120,865 for the year, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £133,180. Total free reserves stood at £140,662, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure, though they attribute the reduction to investment in tangible assets intended to sustain the organization long-term.

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: £141k; policy: three to six months of total annual expenditure)
“Whilst the trustees recognise that the charity free reserves do not meet the stated desired aim for 3 months expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maggs (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £437k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£927k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£69k
Reserves (reported)
£141k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£927k£1.0m
31/03/2024£916k£1.0m
31/03/2023£835k£829k
31/03/2022£883k£689k
31/03/2021£613k£576k

Common questions

Is MAGGS DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Maggs Day Centre reported a net deficit of £120,865 for the year, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £133,180. Total free reserves stood at £140,662, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure, though they attribute the reduction to investment in tangible assets intended to sustain the organization long-term. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited.

Who funds MAGGS DAY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAGGS DAY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE HOPMARKET CHARITY, WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO), WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2024£42k
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO)FY2024£35kRunning Costs, Worcester day centre, clothing project
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO)FY2023£33kRunning Costs, Worcester day centre, clothing project
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO)FY2022£31kRunning Costs, day centre, clothes, training
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO)FY2025£26kRunning Costs, Worcester day centre, clothing project
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kCommunity Action
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2025£20k
QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSESFY2022£10k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCompassionate Support
QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSESFY2023£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£5kRelief of Poverty
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSESFY2024£3kRelief of poverty and hardship and general benefit of the inhabitants of Worcester
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTERFY2022£1kDonation to charity
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2022£1kSocial Welfare
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTERFY2021£740Community Care / Harvest Donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTERFY2023£575Donations to charity
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£500Unpresented donations from year ended 5 April 2022
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTERFY2023£370Coffee Concerts proceeds
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes
ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCCFY2021£200Local Mission Fund
ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCCFY2023£200Mission Fund Giving
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£10kMalvern Day Centre for the Homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2021£10kHealth hub for the Homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2021£475kMaggs Outreach and Transition Service
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£10kMaggs Day Centre Malvern

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, TORQUAY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAGGS DAY CENTRE£927k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, TORQUAY FY2025£221kUnder £60,0000below—noted
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO) FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
THE WHITECHAPEL MISSION FY2024£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—noted
MANNA SOCIETY FY2025£685kUnder £60,0000unclear1.1%no doubt
ST PAUL'S HOSTEL FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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