CENTRE 404 — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 17 August 1988
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02270299
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £10,599,564
Latest expenditure: £10,457,515
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: CENTRE 404, 404 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, N7 0SJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.centre404.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provision of social and educational activites for adults with learning disabilities, clubs for children with learning disabilities and for their siblings, support and advice for parents and carers of a disabled person, supported housing projects for adults with a learning disability, and a calendar of social functions and outings for children and adults with a learning disability and their carers.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £10,599,564
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,457,515

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,672,929
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,757,593

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £7,188,980
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,504,448

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,840,716
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,757,620

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,775,102
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,159,172

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £10,599,564
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,457,515
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 25
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 9859161
Income From Government Grants: £53,429
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 2
Count Volunteers: 54

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,672,929
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,757,593
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 30
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 8584977
Income From Government Grants: £1,800
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £7,188,980
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,504,448
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 78

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,840,716
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,757,620
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 32
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 6495474
Income From Government Grants: £37,351
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 78

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,775,102
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,159,172
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 23
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Contracts: 6208628
Income From Government Grants: £47,289
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 November 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2352
Income Other Trading Activities: 59194
Income Charitable Activities: 10489301
Income Investments: 45387
Income Other: 3330
Income Total Income And Endowments: 10599564
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £41,973
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £10,415,542
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 10457515
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 86587
Expenditure Support Costs: 1812564
Expenditure Depreciation: 201456
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,340,748
Assets Total Fixed: 2233577
Assets Own Use: 2233577
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,347,198
Assets Total Liabilities: £975,783
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,604,992
Creditors One Year Total Current: 975783
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,992,476
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4574325
Funds Restricted: 30667
Funds Total: 4604992
Count Employees: 269
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1186
Income Other Trading Activities: 11563
Income Charitable Activities: 8643827
Income Investments: 13893
Income Other: 2460
Income Total Income And Endowments: 8672929
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £37,687
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £8,719,906
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 8757593
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 101012
Expenditure Support Costs: 1256854
Expenditure Depreciation: 210083
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,007,691
Assets Total Fixed: 2413209
Assets Own Use: 2413209
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,899,549
Assets Total Liabilities: £849,815
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,462,943
Creditors One Year Total Current: 849815
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,184,399
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4420899
Funds Restricted: 42044
Funds Total: 4462943
Count Employees: 268
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 14239
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 7153413
Income Investments: 9391
Income Other: 11937
Income Total Income And Endowments: 7188980
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £26,482
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £7,477,966
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 7504448
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 90892
Expenditure Support Costs: 1204343
Expenditure Depreciation: 1248562
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,880,560
Assets Total Fixed: 2597121
Assets Own Use: 2597121
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,553,878
Assets Total Liabilities: £603,392
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,547,607
Creditors One Year Total Current: 603392
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,400,870
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4477680
Funds Restricted: 69927
Funds Total: 4547607
Count Employees: 271
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 August 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 17927
Income Other Trading Activities: 6783
Income Charitable Activities: 6782714
Income Investments: 1337
Income Other: 31955
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6840716
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £27,237
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,730,383
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6757620
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 89911
Expenditure Support Costs: 1012515
Expenditure Depreciation: 224900
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,996,267
Assets Total Fixed: 2760697
Assets Own Use: 2760697
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,795,699
Assets Total Liabilities: £693,321
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,863,075
Creditors One Year Total Current: 693321
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,854,520
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4756964
Funds Restricted: 106111
Funds Total: 4863075
Count Employees: 241
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 February 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 11495
Income Other Trading Activities: 2620
Income Charitable Activities: 6754870
Income Investments: 1833
Income Other: 4284
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6775102
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £35,274
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,123,898
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6159172
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 60955
Expenditure Support Costs: 866465
Expenditure Depreciation: 854004
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,779,266
Assets Total Fixed: 2905931
Assets Own Use: 2905931
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,507,695
Assets Total Liabilities: £633,647
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,779,979
Creditors One Year Total Current: 600711
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 32936
Assets Cash: £1,973,854
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4652261
Funds Restricted: 127718
Funds Total: 4779979
Count Employees: 241
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Haringey
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Camden
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hackney
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Islington
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Enfield
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Barnet
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CENTRE 404
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1988-08-17T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND JUNE 1988 AND AMENDED ON 25TH JANUARY 2005
Charitable Objects: 1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (IN PARTICULAR) AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES (TOGETHER DESCRIBED AS "DISABILITIES"), IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, TO INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, EDUCATION, WELFARE, ADVOCACY, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTISE ISLINGTON LB

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 204224
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: ISLINGTON MENCAP

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Charity Other Regulators

Regulator Order: 1
Regulator Name: Care Quality Commission

Regulator Order: 2
Regulator Name: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures