CATCHINGLIVES
Registered charity 1014868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANTERBURY OPEN CENTRE, CANTERBURY OPEN CHRISTMAS, THE SCRINE FOUNDATION
The charity's mission is to provide a high quality, professionally-run service, utilising the skills of staff and volunteers to progress people out of the trap of destitution swiftly, comprehensively and lastingly; to promote the relief of poverty, sickness and distress among persons in need, including those not catered for by existing statutory or voluntary services within the United Kingdom.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £125,921 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £420,140. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held in an Operational Fund with a policy target of 3-6 months' running costs, and the charity acknowledges a degree of risk to future reserve levels due to its income sources.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £397k)
“We will hold Operational Fund reserves equivalent to 3-6 months' running costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Spurling Cannon Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Catching Lives (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
- Teresa Pearcechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Edward John Coates-Withers
- Ella O'Sullivan
- Frances Anne Ellis
- Gulen Petty
- James Miller
- Jeremy Gill Hughes
- Laura Johnson
- Laura Ross
- Megan Joy Ashdown
- Natalie Archer
- Niloufar Hajilou
- Philip Astell
- Vicky Thorburn
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CATCHINGLIVES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £125,921 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £420,140. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held in an Operational Fund with a policy target of 3-6 months' running costs, and the charity acknowledges a degree of risk to future reserve levels due to its income sources. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Spurling Cannon Audit Limited.
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