CAMBERWELL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT

Registered charity 1085664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CASP

To advance the development and education of children, young people and adults by:a) offering appropriate play, education, care, family learning and out-of-school-hours services for children; andb) providing appropriate training and learning opportunities to improve the employability, well-being and personal development of young people and adults.

Objects

ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY AND SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£307k
Latest spending
£231k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves are nil, which is significantly below the trustees' stated target of three months' operating costs (£60,000). The trustees acknowledge that nil reserve funds place the organisation at risk of insolvency or closure. However, the independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Free reserves remain at £NIL, which is significantly below the target of three months of operating costs (£60,000).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £166,033 — grants £166,033 (4); 54% of the £307,430 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £90,014 — grants £90,014 (4); 45% of the £201,405 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £41,653 — grants £41,653 (2); 16% of the £263,983 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£307k£231k
31/03/2024£201k£268k
31/03/2023£264k£263k
31/03/2022£225k£223k
31/03/2021£181k£200k

Common questions

Is CAMBERWELL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves are nil, which is significantly below the trustees' stated target of three months' operating costs (£60,000). The trustees acknowledge that nil reserve funds place the organisation at risk of insolvency or closure. However, the independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMBERWELL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMBERWELL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT as a grant recipient include GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION, ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO, THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST, Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATIONFY2022£116kImpact on Urban Health
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2023£6kGrants to organisations
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2021£6kFoundation Fund Grant
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2025£3kFoundation Fund grants
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2026£2kFoundation Fund grant
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2024£2kFoundation Fund grants
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2024£2kGrant
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2025£2kGrant to Organisation
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2025£1kGrant to Organisation
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2022Unverified readamount not statedFoundation Fund grant

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£20kSpecial Needs Support
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£880Grant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£11kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£1kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£5kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£5kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£600Grant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£4kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£3kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£3kGrant to Camberwell After School Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£10kCASP's Community Awards Gala
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2016£10kThe Grow Project
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2013£10kHealth and Well Being Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2011£10kCamberwell After School Projects 26th Anniversary Celebrations
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2006£5kNew Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2005£4kTwentieth Anniversary Celebrations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBERWELL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT£307k—0below—no doubt
CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£139k—0below—no doubt
IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL FY2025£26.0m——unclear—no doubt
AISKEW UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£141k——unclear—no doubt
WEAVERTHORPE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE FY2025£240k£33,0951above—no doubt

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