LODDON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LTD

Registered charity 1011066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LODDEN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LTD, LODDON (CHARITABLE TRUST) LIMITED

To provide work experience and training opportunities for people with special needs to help them develop their life skills in a safe environment.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND FOR THE REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE IN BASINGSTOKE

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
£194k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £14,894 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted general fund to £250,872. The trustees acknowledge that the charity remains reliant on one customer, Hampshire County Council, and maintain reserves to address the risk of losing this funding. Total funds stood at £556,599, comprising unrestricted and restricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local authority placement fees (75% of income)
“Local authority placement fees 144,138” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: cover the costs of winding up the charity and meeting the charity's future commitments (held: £251k)
“The Trustees policy is to maintain a level of reserves that cover the costs of winding up the charity and meeting the charity's future commitments.” — page 4
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£194k£179k
31/03/2024£170k£154k
31/03/2023£150k£148k
31/03/2022£162k£139k
31/03/2021£139k£122k

Common questions

Is LODDON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £14,894 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted general fund to £250,872. The trustees acknowledge that the charity remains reliant on one customer, Hampshire County Council, and maintain reserves to address the risk of losing this funding. Total funds stood at £556,599, comprising unrestricted and restricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.