AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST

Registered charity 1093908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AHEM, AHET, AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Provides meeting rooms, provides offices for charities, manages a public park, and hosts school parties for environmental education

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£687k
Latest spending
£737k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group ended the year with negative net assets of £11,388 and unrestricted reserves of negative £31,488, compared to a positive £18,108 in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain a reasonable expectation of continuing in operation, citing increased trading income and cost base reductions in their management projections.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £-31k)
“The Trust’s current target for a designated unrestricted reserve is £100,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans from trustees
“During the year, five trustees loaned a total of £13,000 to the Trust, in order to alleviate temporary funding issues. Funding agreements are in place which commit to repaying these loans by August 2027.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Avenue House Services Limited
“Avenue House Services Limited (AHSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary operating as the trading arm of the charity” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

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

Total income
£687k
Total spending
£737k
Cost of raising funds
£431k
Reserves (reported)
£9k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% 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: 62.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£687k£737k
31/03/2024£683k£748k
31/03/2023£697k£855k
31/03/2022£1.0m£806k
31/03/2021£534k£523k

Common questions

Is AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group ended the year with negative net assets of £11,388 and unrestricted reserves of negative £31,488, compared to a positive £18,108 in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain a reasonable expectation of continuing in operation, citing increased trading income and cost base reductions in their management projections. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/05/2020£36k"COVID19: AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£4kGood for Nature, Good for You
London Borough of Barnet06/03/2017£5kGrant to Avenue House Estate Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£5kMuddy Boots - Get into the Gardens
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/06/2013£1.5m"Avenue House Estate restoration project"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2009£5kAvenue House Esate
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2008£10kAvenue House Estate
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/10/2006£5k"This Is A Project To Refurbish The Men'S Public Toilet At A Heritage Site."
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2006£5kGentleman's Toilet Refurbishment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/11/2004£5k"Avenue House Estate Management Will Restore The Pond Area To Provide A Conservation Project For Visiting Schools, Scout Groups And Other You"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2004£5kFencing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2004£27kPlayground Capital Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NENE PARK TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE TRUST£687k—0unclear—no doubt
NENE PARK TRUST FY2025£6.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD YORK SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£895k—0below—no doubt
Greenacre Trust Limited FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
MANOR HOUSE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EXBURY GARDENS TRUST FY2025£128k—0above—no doubt

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