THE CAMDEN SOCIETY
Registered charity 1044693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CAMDEN SOCIETY FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
To provide housing, education, employment, leisure and personal support for vulnerable people.To promote access to, and to promote good practice in, the provision of housing, education, employment, leisure and personal support for vulnerable people.Advocate with and on behalf of vulnerable people to improve the quality of their lives.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with negative unrestricted reserves of £2,868,056 and reported a net movement in funds of -£128,210. The trustees note that financial performance remains challenging due to rising costs not fully matched by funding increases, but the going concern basis is supported by a letter of comfort from the parent charity, Thera Trust.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income)
“Income received from local government totals £7,578,540 (2024: £7,003,597).” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intra-group recharge of management and administration costs (amount not disclosed as commercially sensitive).
“Thera Trust makes a recharge of management and administration costs incurred on behalf of the group to all of its subsidiaries. The specific amounts recharged to each entity are not being disclosed on the grounds that the Thera Group operates in a competitive commissioning environment and this information is commercially sensitive.” — page 61
“A market rate of interest has been charged on balances between Thera Trust and The Camden Society in 2025 of £186,786 (2024: £134,535).” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Interest charged on intra-group borrowings.
“Thera Trust makes a recharge of management and administration costs incurred on behalf of the group to all of its subsidiaries. The specific amounts recharged to each entity are not being disclosed on the grounds that the Thera Group operates in a competitive commissioning environment and this information is commercially sensitive.” — page 61
“A market rate of interest has been charged on balances between Thera Trust and The Camden Society in 2025 of £186,786 (2024: £134,535).” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- GANI, Mahomed Hassan — director, appointed 12/02/2025on trustee list
- MCCAY, Benjamin Joseph — director, appointed 11/12/2024not on trustee list
- PAYNE, Matilda Rose — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
- GADHIA, Divyesh Kumar — director, appointed 02/08/2024on trustee list
- WINN, Katie — director, appointed 31/12/2023on trustee list
- REEVE, Kay Rachel — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
- LANES, Benjamin Andrew — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
- JARVIS, Adrian Neil — director, appointed 07/01/2021on trustee list
- PILKINGTON, Martin — secretary, appointed 29/09/2023
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Camden Society — Registered, 12 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- Thera South Midlands: Good (09/01/2020) · CQC record
- ADRIAN NEIL JARVIS
- Benjamin Andrew Lanes
- Divyesh Kumar Gadhia
- Katie Winn · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kay Rachel Reeve
- Mahomed Hassan Gani
- Matilda Rose Payne
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Oxfordshire · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE CAMDEN SOCIETY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with negative unrestricted reserves of £2,868,056 and reported a net movement in funds of -£128,210. The trustees note that financial performance remains challenging due to rising costs not fully matched by funding increases, but the going concern basis is supported by a letter of comfort from the parent charity, Thera Trust. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
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