THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 900522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE

Provides lunch and various activities for the members on 3 days each week.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WITHIN THE PARISH OF CHOLSEY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF PREMISES FOR THE PROPOSED DAY CENTRE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PEOPLE WITHOUT DISTICTION AS TO POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CHOLSEY

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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Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£196k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total net deficit of £62,187 for the year ended 31st December 2025, driven by an operating deficit of £85,318 against total income of £110,989. Per the trustees' report, the organization is facing financial pressure, having accepted that the Fundraising Committee post and potentially one other staff post will be sacrificed from the next year. The trustees' policy is to generate sufficient income to cover operating losses and build reserves, with unrestricted reserves standing at £108,280.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: generate sufficient income to cover anticipated operating losses, building suitably invested reserves where possible (held: £108k)
“The overall policy of the Trustees is to generate sufficient income to cover anticipated operating losses, building suitably invested reserves where possible.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cholsey Day Centre Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£134k£196k
31/12/2024£144k£192k
31/12/2023£226k£175k
31/12/2022£104k£158k
31/12/2021£77k£121k

Common questions

Is THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total net deficit of £62,187 for the year ended 31st December 2025, driven by an operating deficit of £85,318 against total income of £110,989. Per the trustees' report, the organization is facing financial pressure, having accepted that the Fundraising Committee post and potentially one other staff post will be sacrificed from the next year. The trustees' policy is to generate sufficient income to cover operating losses and build reserves, with unrestricted reserves standing at £108,280. 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 Fund04/02/2022£9kCholsey Day Centre Dementia Day
UK government09/10/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government20/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£10kCholsey Coronavirus Support Group
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2007£5kArts Project

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHOLSEY DAY CENTRE TRUST£134k——unclear—no doubt
BURWELL AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£165k—0above—no doubt
ASCOT DISTRICT DAY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£143k—0below—no doubt
ST MARYS CARE CENTRE FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH DAY CENTRE FY2025£213k—0above—noted
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD FY2025£365k—0below—noted

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