THE 999 CLUB AND LADY FLORENCE TRUST

Registered charity 1091077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE 999CLUB TRUST

999 Club supports people facing homelessness in South-East London. From our Deptford base, we run the Gateway day centre; a Women's Sanctuary; housing, employment and benefits advice; the MovePlus mentoring scheme; and The Bridge mental-wellbeing programme.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE:-(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE.(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £7,425 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £532,492. The trustees confirm that these reserves represent 3.4 months of running costs, which is within their stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of core costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04238295

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.

• PISCIOTTA, Michael — director, appointed 26/01/2026on trustee list
• SAPPAL, Balwinder Kaur — director, appointed 26/01/2026on trustee list
• BROWN, Roy — director, appointed 03/06/2025on trustee list
• BURRAWAY, Dan — director, appointed 03/06/2025on trustee list
• ISKANDER, Sandra — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• PROUSE, Victoria — director, appointed 29/01/2024on trustee list
• DRUCE, Catherine Emma — director, appointed 29/01/2024on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Charles Michael — secretary, appointed 14/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BALWINDER KAUR SAPPAL
• Catherine Druce
• Dan Burraway
• Michael Pisciotta
• Roy Brown
• Sandra Iskander
• Victoria Prouse

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE 93 PERCENT CLUB FOUNDATION.

• THE 93 PERCENT CLUB FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• FURNESS HOMELESS SUPPORT GROUP income £285k
• OFF THE FENCE TRUST LIMITED income £595k
• ST.FAITH'S COMMUNITY & YOUTH FOUNDATION income £176k
• MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT income £1.1m
• FIRMFOUNDATION income £468k

Side by side with its peers

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