SOUTH OF ENGLAND FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1096222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST

Charlton Athletic Community Trust works with all people regardless of their background, etnicity, economic status or physical ability. Its legal objectives are to promote any charitable purpose for the community and in particular those living and working in the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Bexley, other parts of South East England and outside the UK

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULARTHOSE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS INCLUDING GREENWICH,BEXLEY AND BROMLEY, OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND AND OUTSIDE THE UK,AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:(A) TO DELIVER INITIATIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DESIGNED TO LESSEN THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION CAUSED BY POVERTY, OLD AGE, DISABLEMENT, HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION.(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, ACCREDITED AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS AND ADULT EDUCATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.(C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONFOR THOSE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF UNIVERSAL AND TARGETED PROGRAMMES.(D) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WORKING WITH KEY PARTNERS AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS.(E) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.(F) TO PROMOTE HARMONY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: GREENWICH, BEXLEY, SOUTH EAST ENGLAND.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £7.2 million, matching the previous year, while total expenditure increased to £7.6 million, resulting in a net deficit of £396,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves decreased from £589,000 to £525,000, representing approximately one month's expenditure against a policy target of one to three months.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04654582
• Trading subsidiary: COMMUNITY SCHEME SOLUTIONS LIMITED Companies House 04654592
• Trading subsidiary: SOUTH OF ENGLAND FOUNDATION (COMMUNITY FACILITIES) LIMITED Companies House 05799789

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.

• BENN, Jason — director, appointed 09/07/2025on trustee list
• PARKES, Ian — director, appointed 09/07/2025on trustee list
• NYADUNDU, Farai — director, appointed 09/07/2025on trustee list
• RODWELL, James Richard — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• HARRIS, Fiona Anne — director, appointed 09/03/2022on trustee list
• HERD, Tracy Anne — director, appointed 02/12/2020on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Martin Patrick — director, appointed 10/06/2020on trustee list
• COKER, Calum George — director, appointed 10/06/2020on trustee list
• CHARLICK, Simon Robert — director, appointed 10/06/2020on trustee list
• TOFT, Marilyn Anne — director, appointed 11/12/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Calum George Coker
• Farai Nyadundu
• Fiona Anne Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Parkes
• James Richard Rodwell
• Jason Benn
• Marilyn Toft · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Patrick Griffiths
• Simon Robert Charlick Mr
• Tracy Anne Herd

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stockport County Community Trust.

• Stockport County Community Trust income £976k
• LUTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £999k
• SOUTH CLIFTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £37k
• Southend United Community Foundation income £1.2m
• ANGLIAN COMMUNITY TRUST (ACT) income £139k
• SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC CLUB income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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