COMPAID TRUST

Registered charity 1064160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Compaid provides a range of practical services, using information technology and other resources, to enable disabled adults and children in and around Kent to maximise their social, creative, learning and employment opportunities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £98,184, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing to £692,129. Despite this deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its obligations over the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its 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

Fundraising cost ratio: 15.6% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Our fundraising costs were 3% of total expenditure and we raised £6.39 for every £1 spent on raising funds.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £350,000 - £500,000 (held: £479k)
“Considering the risks the charity faces, the Trustees consider that free reserves of between £350,000 - £500,000 should be held.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Compaid Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£479k
Employees
59

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.1m

Common questions

Is COMPAID TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £98,184, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing to £692,129. Despite this deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its obligations over the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds COMPAID TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMPAID TRUST as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, MOTABILITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£9k
A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026£6k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2022£4k
MOTABILITYFY2025£3kCommunity Transport grant
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kSupport for people with disabilities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2021£200kOut and About in Kent
UK government18/06/2020£30kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government01/04/2020£12kBus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
UK government01/04/2020£8kBus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£86kCompaid Transport expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2006£5kSoundbeam
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2005£5kArt exhibition and brochure

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMPTON CARE GROUP LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMPAID TRUST£1.6m—0unclear15.6%no doubt
COMPTON CARE GROUP LIMITED FY2025£13.3m——unclear—no doubt
HF TRUST LIMITED FY2025£85.0m——unclear50.0%material uncertainty
N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE LIMITED FY2024£6.9m—0unclear—no doubt
COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
PAKAID FY2024£4.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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