PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Registered charity 1080883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The promotion for the public benefit of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular within the Greater London area) by way of all or any of the following means: relief of poverty and unemplyement; the advancement of education, training or retraining; providing unemployed people with work experience; creation and improvement of businesses.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity produced a deficit of £103,809 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £215,916 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were maintained at a level equating to approximately four months' unrestricted expenditure, which is the charity's stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are sufficient to meet expenditure commitments for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“There was no employee whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes amounted to over £60,000 in either year, other than the Chief Executive Officer who earned £74,688 (2024: £72,513), the Chief Financial Officer who earned £69,624 (2024: £64,285 and the Head of Contract management who earned £60,166 (2024: £64,244)” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately four months' unrestricted expenditure (held: £354k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level which equates to approximately four months' unrestricted expenditure.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: PDT GJ Trading Limited
“The Charitable Group is a private company limited by guarantee with one trading subsidiary, PDT GJ Trading Limited.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Boydell & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Graham Collins — Chief Executive (source)
- Jackie Rosenberg — Deputy CEO (source)
- Ola Badamosi — Deputy CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
- Westminster City Council — “Westminster City Council” (source page)
- Kensington and Chelsea Council — “Kensington and Chelsea Council” (source page)
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham — “London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham” (source page)
- Education & Skills Funding Agency — “Education & Skills Funding Agency” (source page)
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust — “Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust” (source page)
- UK Government — “Funded By UK Government” (source page)
- Skills For Life — “Skills For Life - Skills Boot Camps” (source page)
- Well Grounded — “Well Grounded logo Transforming Lives Through Coffee” (source page)
- European Culture Foundation — “European Culture Foundation” (source page)
- Central London Community Healthcare — “Central London Community Healthcare” (source page)
- London National Park City — “London National Park City Logo” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
5 registered titles 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
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 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (03/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Aikaterini Alexiou
- Daniel Carl Feander
- Douglas Alexander Shaw
- Grace Reid
- Rajiv Sinha · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robi Miles Dutta
- Stephen Winningham · trustee of 1 other charity
- Thienhuong Nguyen
- Timothy Todhunter
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity produced a deficit of £103,809 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £215,916 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were maintained at a level equating to approximately four months' unrestricted expenditure, which is the charity's stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are sufficient to meet expenditure commitments for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Boydell & Co.
Who funds PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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