THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£142k
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £607,549 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, although this was partially offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,668,344, with sufficient liquid reserves maintained to cover liabilities and grant commitments for the following eighteen months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient liquid reserves are maintained to cover all current liabilities and grant commitments for the following eighteen months. (reserves figure: £21.7m)
“Sufficient liquid reserves are maintained to cover all current liabilities and grant commitments for the following eighteen months.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Good Thinking
“During the year, the Charity made grants totalling £290,000 (2024: £170,000) to Good Thinking, a registered charity (number 1147404), which has a common trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£22.9m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~131.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£142k£1.8m
05/04/2024£182k£2.0m
05/04/2023£1.5m£2.1m
05/04/2022£1.2m£1.1m
05/04/2021£203k£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £607,549 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, although this was partially offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,668,344, with sufficient liquid reserves maintained to cover liabilities and grant commitments for the following eighteen months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HELPING FOUNDATION1£407k
UNSEEN (UK)1£6k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREEN ROOM CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATION£142k—0above—no doubt
THE GREEN ROOM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
SRM FOUNDATION FY2025£782k——below—no doubt
CARLISLE GREEN ROOM CLUB LIMITED FY2026£83k—0below—no doubt
STRAIGHT ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
SEAFORD ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt

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