QUO VADIS TRUST

Registered charity 1116196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides housing and housing related support & services to individuals with stress related or mental health problems. The charity works closely with health and social care agencies to provide a range of accomodation and support services. Users influence the development of appropriate services to meet their needs according to beliefs and preferences.

Objects

(3.) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTED RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION PEOPLE IN LONDON WHOSE ABILITY TO SELF DETERMINE AND TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY STRESS RELATED ILLNESS OR DISABILITY AND WHOSE CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE RELIEF FROM POVERTY AND SICKNESS THROUGH CONVALESCENCE AND RESPITE CARE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,110,911 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £3,901,946. The charity reported a surplus on ordinary activities of £242,179 and maintained sufficient liquidity to meet its commitments. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation beyond 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Homes England. 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05876659

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Quo Vadis Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• PENKETH, Jessica Precious Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/05/2026on trustee list
• CAIN, Winston Charles — director, appointed 25/07/2022on trustee list
• COBBINA, Freda Akyaa — director, appointed 25/07/2022on trustee list
• PETERS, Michael Victor — director, appointed 28/02/2022on trustee list
• JANI, Harish — secretary, appointed 21/01/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

17 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £4.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Quo Vadis Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 12/02/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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).

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).

• Elmwood Lodge: Good (04/07/2019) · CQC record
• Hatherley Lodge: Good (27/05/2026) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Freda Akyaa Cobbina
• Jessica Precious Elizabeth Penketh
• Michael Victor Peters
• Winston Charles Cain

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

Operates in: Bexley · Croydon · Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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