LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY
Registered charity 1096727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RATHBONE, THE RATHBONE CENTRE
The provision of services to children, young people and adults with Learning Disabilities.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £11,788 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an 8% increase in costs driven by workforce expenses and reduced grant income. Total reserves stood at £727,581, with readily realisable reserves of £318,995 falling below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The trustees confirmed there are 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
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £728k; policy: three months operating costs)
“Our readily realisable reserves are £318,995 which falls below our reserves policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Perrys Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Andrew Preston — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- INNES, Robert John — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
- RYMER-HOLMES, Will — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
- SHEAHAN, Richard Frederick — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
- INGRAM, Robert — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
- SINCLAIR, Sian Elizabeth — director, appointed 03/05/2022on trustee list
- MINAHAN, David Kevin — director, appointed 26/07/2018on trustee list
- PRESTON, Andrew Alan — secretary, appointed 24/05/2017
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- David Minahan
- Richard Sheahan
- Robert Ingram
- Robert Innes
- SIAN SINCLAIR
- Will Rymer-Holmes
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £11,788 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an 8% increase in costs driven by workforce expenses and reduced grant income. Total reserves stood at £727,581, with readily realisable reserves of £318,995 falling below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Perrys Audit Limited.
Who funds LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY as a grant recipient include Q CHARITABLE TRUST, WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND.
Known funders
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