THE KATHERINE LOW SETTLEMENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1081248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KLS

Katherine Low Settlement is a multi-purpose charity that has been serving the communities of Battersea and Wandsworth since 1924. We are dedicated to building stronger communities so that we can enable people to challenge and find ways of poverty and isolation.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £134,991 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was funded out of reserves retained from prior periods. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient reserves and cash resources to continue as a going concern, with total unrestricted funds (excluding revaluation reserve) of £142,486 and a revaluation reserve of £3,250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thompson Jenner LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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 (85% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Victoria Mary Newberychair
• DUMISANI NYATHI
• Emily Lewis
• Martin Alcock
• Mary Foley
• Sarah Lacaille

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

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 THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT.

• THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT income £2.1m
• THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION income £103k
• THE FOUNDATION OF LADY KATHERINE LEVESON income £2.5m
• SETTLE SUPPORT income £1.3m
• AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK income £2.6m
• THE L M KENDON SETTLEMENT income £363k

Side by side with its peers

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