CIRCLES SOUTH EAST
Registered charity 1123361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMPSHIRE AND THAMES VALLEY CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, HTV CIRCLES
The object of the charity is to relieve the needs and promote the rehabilitation, treatment, education and care of persons who have committed, or who are likely to commit offences, particularly sexual offences, against others, and the families of such persons and others affected by such offences.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £3,392 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £104,059, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £209,000 required to manage funding risks. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.
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: £104k; policy: approximately £209,000)
“Actual unrestricted reserves stood at £104,059 at the end of March 2025. This represents a shortfall to the reserves requirement of £105,030” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- HUDSON, Kirsty — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
- FRANSHAM, Lydia — director, appointed 15/05/2017on trustee list
- HOLFORD, Nora — director, appointed 15/05/2017on trustee list
- JONES, Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/03/2011on trustee list
- TRIMBLE, Timothy — secretary, appointed 24/10/2018
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Elizabeth Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
- Heather Jean Wilson
- Kirsty Hudson
- Lydia Fransham
- Nora Holford
- Rebecca Seabourne
- Richard Mark Goldup
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CIRCLES SOUTH EAST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £3,392 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £104,059, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £209,000 required to manage funding risks. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CIRCLES SOUTH EAST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CIRCLES SOUTH EAST as a grant recipient include THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BROMLEY TRUST.
Known funders
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