SOUTHWARK GROUP OF TENANTS ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1130043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SGTO

Promote the rights of tenants and control over their housing and environment by informationsharing between the organisation and the local authority Extend the right of all tenants toparticipate and be consulted in the formulation of council polices on housing and associatedissues, and to be represented on all matters and policies that involve tenants and their homes.

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Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£285k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £30,201 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £222,618 to £192,417. The trustees' report notes that the charity maintains liquid reserves equivalent to at least three months of expenditure, although the current reserve level is below the previous year's balance. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accorded with those records, with no matters causing belief of non-compliance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months (held: £192k)

“The charity’s policy regarding its reserve is to maintain liquid reserves equivalent to at least 3 months.” — page 6

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

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06406353

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)

Equity: £116k
Average employees: 6

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.

TAYLOR, Valerie — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
GLEN, Jacqueline — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
JOSE, Sylvia Marta — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
MELI, Benita — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
MORENO-MUNOZ, Paula — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
SHIRLEY, Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
SIMMONS, Kyle Damien — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
OJOMO, Emmanuel — director, appointed 28/09/2022on trustee list
OKETUNDE, Saidat Folashade — director, appointed 28/09/2022on trustee list
MUNU, Al-Issa — director, appointed 26/09/2018on trustee list
MCCALTHY, Johnson — director, appointed 26/09/2018on trustee list
MEREGINI, Onyemaechi Christian — director, appointed 23/09/2015on trustee list
ONWUTA, Margaret Brendan — secretary, appointed 31/07/2013

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

AL-issa Munu
Benita Meli
Elizabeth Shirley
Emmanuel Ojomo
Jacqueline Glen
Johnson McCalthy
Kyle Simmons
Onyemaechi Christian Meregini
Paula Moreno-Munoz
Saidat Oketunde · trustee of 1 other charity
Sylvia Jose
Valerie Taylor

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£255k	£285k
31/03/2024	£278k	£260k
31/03/2023	£276k	£239k
31/03/2022	£236k	£228k
31/03/2021	£231k	£226k

Common questions

Is SOUTHWARK GROUP OF TENANTS ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £30,201 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £222,618 to £192,417. The trustees' report notes that the charity maintains liquid reserves equivalent to at least three months of expenditure, although the current reserve level is below the previous year's balance. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accorded with those records, with no matters causing belief of non-compliance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTHWARK GROUP OF TENANTS ORGANISATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHWARK GROUP OF TENANTS ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£30k	Core funding to support tenants’ to access rights & basic needs in face of the Cost of Living crisis.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£114k	Grant to Southwark Group of Tenants Organisation
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£114k	Grant to Southwark Group of Tenants Organisation
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to Southwark Group of Tenants Organisation
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/12/2021	£10k	Supporting Our TRA Community