RAVENSBOURNE PROJECT

Registered charity 1056481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a) day and short term residential care for disabled children in order to provide temporary relief and respite for their parents and carers andb) recreational facilities such as but not limited to, toy library for the purpose of improving the conditions of life of:i. disabled or handicapped childrenii. economically and socially deprived children under the age of eight years

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF (A) DAY AND SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DISABLED AND HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF AND RESPITE FOR THEIR PARENTS OR CARERS; AND (B) RECREATION FACILITIES SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO A TOY LIBRARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF; (1) DISABLED OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN; AND (11) ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8 YEARS; PROVIDED THOSE FOR WHOM THESE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED ("THE CHILDREN") RESIDE WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £100,831 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £471,759 to £370,928. The trustees' report confirms that the objective of establishing a reserve fund equivalent to six months of running costs has been achieved, and the auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lewisham — “We are mainly funded and supported by Lewisham to provide our services.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £280k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HENRIETTA STEPHANIE WEBB BAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cassim Bakharia
• JACQUELINE PASCHOUD
• JOE BURCHELL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TOWER PROJECT.

• THE TOWER PROJECT income £4.4m
• STREET CHILD income £22.3m
• THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
• VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £7.2m
• CHILDREN'S SCRAPSTORE income £1.6m
• LIVNOS BAYIS LIMITED income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.