TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN
Registered charity 1112429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RED2GREEN
The charity's objects are to increase opportunities in education, training, work and leisure for people with disabilities and special needs and their carers in South and East Cambridgeshire
Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £68,547 against a stated policy target of £182,876, indicating reserves are below the trustees' own target. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding 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: £69k; policy: £182,876)
“The actual level of reserves may also exceed the reserves policy figure. This will provide the trustees with, for example: « A buffer to cover short term cash flow movements, as are inherent in any organisation which invoices others for services provided.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Elizabeth Taylor — 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.
- LEWIS, Philip Edgar — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- TUFFNELL, Robert Andrew — director, appointed 26/09/2025on trustee list
- KIMBERLEY, Beka Tara — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
- MESSINGER, Aelein — director, appointed 15/05/2025on trustee list
- CONSTANTINE, Sian Rebecca Danielle — director, appointed 28/10/2022on trustee list
- LANE, Philip Ernest John — director, appointed 20/05/2021on trustee list
- BULLMAN, Hobson, Dr — director, appointed 26/01/2018on trustee list
- HAINS, Peter — director, appointed 10/06/2013on trustee list
- MILLER, Jane — director, appointed 20/07/2011on trustee list
- KIRK, Anthony James — director, appointed 31/03/2010on trustee list
- PEELING, Frederick Charles — director, appointed 26/10/2005on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Elizabeth Frances Rachel — secretary, appointed 22/10/2021
Official officers record.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- JANE MILLERchair
- Aelein Messinger
- Beka Tara Kimberley
- Dr Hobson Bullman
- FREDERICK CHARLES PEELING
- PETER HAINS
- Philip Edgar Lewis
- Philip Ernest John Lane
- Robert Andrew Tuffnell
- Sian Constantine
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £68,547 against a stated policy target of £182,876, indicating reserves are below the trustees' own target. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN as a grant recipient include THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST, THE EVELYN TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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