COVENT GARDEN DRAGON HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1087268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer affordable activities to the local community. Activities include Drop In for the under 5s and their parents/carers; junior, intermediate and senior youth clubs; holiday play-schemes; monthly tea-dances; ESOL classes; Over 50s Activities; community events; After School Clubs; art club; dance and drama club We rent out our spaces to generate funding to run the projects.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON - CENTRAL LONDON, COVENT GARDEN, HOLBORN, ST GILES AND BLOOMSBURY IN PARTICULAR, BY ASSOCIATING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SUCH INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTSTO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS (WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDINGS OR FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN LONDON TO ENABLE THEM TO BE ENJOYED BY THE PUBLICTO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: COVENT GARDEN, HOLBORN

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted general funds of £349,677, which exceeds its stated contingency fund target of £377,118 when combined with restricted funds, though the specific unrestricted amount is below the 6-month optimum target of £377,118. The trustees report a robust financial situation with net income of £85,057 for the year, supported by increased commercial bookings and diverse grant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• St Giles and St George — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Shaftesbury PLC — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Mercers Company — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Masonic Charitable Foundation — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• John Lyons Foundation — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• GSK — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Camden Giving — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• UK Youth — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Jack Petchey Foundation — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Greater London Authority — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Peabody Trust — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• Julia and Hans Rousing Trust — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• LB Camden — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)
• City of Westminster — “Supported by funding bodies and businesses including The National Lottery, St Giles and St George, Shaftesbury PLC, Mercers Company, Masonic…” (source page)

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sue Vincentchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alexander James Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHERINE MATHESON · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLAUDE ASGILL
• Francis Lluvert Go · trustee of 1 other charity
• Garrard Knowles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tim Lynn

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster · Islington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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