THE PROSPECTS TRUST

Registered charity 1048584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Prospects Trust is all about the people who come through the gates, and our gates are always open. We provide meaningful work experience sessions on an 18 acre organically certified farm near Reach, Cambridge for adults with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental ill health.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £109,120 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £979,123 and expenditure of £862,241. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £551,435, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £270,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Smithies
• Andrew Nigel Feather · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE KERSHAW
• Margaret Kerry
• NAOMI FRANCES ROWE
• Peter Fretwell
• Rachel Marguerite Coquard
• Rosalie Tribe
• Susan Oldfield

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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