DEPTFORD CHALLENGE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1070483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Deptford Challenge Trust gives grants to organisations operating for Deptford purposes in the area defined in the Company's Memorandum of Association. Grants are not given to individuals.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,170,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months of operating expenses. The charity generated a net surplus of £309,947 for the year, supported by rental income and donations, while distributing £300,000 in grants.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03390541

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.

• JENKINS, Daniel Terry — director, appointed 07/07/2026not on trustee list
• MCCAUSLAND, Candice Kimberley — director, appointed 26/02/2025not on trustee list
• BROWN, Stella Mutsa — director, appointed 09/12/2015on trustee list
• ADEFIRANYE, Obajimi, Hon Alderman — director, appointed 02/04/2012on trustee list
• MALLORY, James Russell — director, appointed 26/06/2007on trustee list
• FLOOK, Robert James — director, appointed 26/06/2007on trustee list
• HETHERINGTON, Shaun Michael — director, appointed 23/06/1997on trustee list
• MALONE, Desmond George — director, appointed 23/06/1997on trustee list
• EVANS, Jonathan Richard William — secretary, appointed 01/03/2025

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 60.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DESMOND GEORGE MALONEchair
• BILL ELLSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Rosie Parry
• JAMES RUSSELL MALLORY · trustee of 1 other charity
• OBAJIMI ADEFIRANYE
• ROBERT JAMES FLOOK
• SHAUN MICHAEL HETHERINGTON
• STELLA MUTSA BROWN

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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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 DEPTFORD X LTD.

• DEPTFORD X LTD income £118k
• DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH income £358k
• THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST income £390k
• THE DEO GLORIA TRUST income £524k
• THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £565k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN WITH HOLY TRINITY DEPTFORD income £203k

Side by side with its peers

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