SCOTTS PROJECT TRUST
Registered charity 1051947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCOTTS PROJECT LIMITED
Scotts Project Trust provides services for adults with a learning disability, including~a residential care home; ~Day Services providing training for those in the Trust's residential homes and others in the local community; and~ a supported living service providing high quality housing and support for those choosing to live more independently in the community.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,323,370, which the trustees designate to protect the Trust against unexpected falls in income or increased expenditure. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding seven months of operating expenses, noting that the current reserves help meet anticipated cost increases due to pay pressures and national living wage rises. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: seven months of operating expenses (held: £1.3m)
“In view of the risks and uncertainty of income, trustees will maintain seven months for 2025/26.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses
“During the year there were £26 (2024: £77) of expenses incurred by the Trust for the trustees to fulfill their duties, namely DBS checks for 2 (2024: 6) trustees. There were no other related parties transactions during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Scotts Project Trust (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- RITCHIE, Keith Archibald — director, appointed 12/05/2023on trustee list
- SLATTERY, Liam — director, appointed 24/06/2022on trustee list
- PAVEY, Michael William — director, appointed 25/09/2020on trustee list
- BIBB, Peter Anthony Curtis — director, appointed 12/05/2020on trustee list
- MILES, Martin William — director, appointed 28/02/2018on trustee list
- MCMENAMIN, Derek Neil — director, appointed 16/01/2015on trustee list
- BOURNE, Susan Joyce — director, appointed 27/09/2014not on trustee list
- HOPPE, Thomas Duncan — director, appointed 13/03/2010not on trustee list
- WARD, Edward Nicholas — director, appointed 19/11/2005on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £187k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Scotts Project Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 25/02/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- St Peters Row Delarue Close: Good (08/04/2020) · CQC record
- The Oaks and Willows: Good (07/01/2020) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- TOM HOPPEchair
- Derek Neil McMenamin
- KEITH ARCHIBALD RITCHIE
- Liam Slattery
- MARTIN WILLIAM MILES · trustee of 1 other charity
- Michael William Pavey
- NICHOLAS WARD · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Anthony Curtis Bibb
- Sue Bourne
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SCOTTS PROJECT TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,323,370, which the trustees designate to protect the Trust against unexpected falls in income or increased expenditure. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding seven months of operating expenses, noting that the current reserves help meet anticipated cost increases due to pay pressures and national living wage rises. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited.
Who funds SCOTTS PROJECT TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SCOTTS PROJECT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY KIPPINGTON.
Known funders
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