THE NELSON TRUST

Registered charity 1056672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It provides residential treatment services, based in Gloucestershire, for people with substance dependencies, offering a wide programme of treatment, educational and training opportunities and resettlement. It also operates Women's Centres; Gloucester, Swindon, Bristol and Bridgwater and services in Wales and from HM Prison, to address the complex needs of women who are at high risk of offending.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Nelson Trust reported a net income increase of £2.2m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £11.0m. Free reserves stood at £1.7m, which the Trustees consider adequate given the charity's asset base and borrowing capacity. The charity holds cash balances of £3.8m and has secured borrowings of £121k against its property assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03211815

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nelson 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.

• PARKER, Martin Robert — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• SHARMA, Julie Jean — director, appointed 19/07/2024on trustee list
• BATTEN, Kirsty Victoria — director, appointed 19/07/2024on trustee list
• GABB, Tina Michelle — director, appointed 19/07/2024on trustee list
• MURRAY, James Campbell — director, appointed 06/02/2023on trustee list
• LYDON, Julie Elspeth, Professor Dame — director, appointed 10/01/2022not on trustee list
• SARGENT, Justin Andrew — director, appointed 02/11/2018on trustee list
• DAUBENEY, Jo — director, appointed 02/11/2018on trustee list
• MACDONALD, Rhona — director, appointed 01/09/2016on trustee list
• TEMPLE, Louise Ann — secretary, appointed 12/01/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

17 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £2.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Nelson Trust — Registered, 5 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 31/01/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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).

• Nelson House: Good (04/04/2019) · CQC record
• Stafford House: Good (04/04/2019) · CQC record
• East Wharf Cottage: Good (04/04/2019) · CQC record
• Covington House: Good (04/04/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Campbell Murray
• Jo Daubeney
• Julie Sharma · trustee of 1 other charity
• Justin Sargent
• Kirsty Batten
• Martin Robert Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Dame Julie Elspeth Lydon DBE FLSW
• Tina Michelle Gabb

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Throughout Wales · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NELSON'S JOURNEY.

• NELSON'S JOURNEY income £574k
• ADDICTIONS NORTH EAST income £2.0m
• NOVALIS TRUST income £15.3m
• THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON income £474k
• THE CHILDREN'S TRUST income £36.0m
• NUFFIELD TRUST FOR THE FORCES OF THE CROWN income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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