CAIUS HOUSE

Registered charity 1130066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

3.1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIALWELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVENEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIRCONDITIONS OF LIFE.3.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.3.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BYTHE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES.3.4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELYMUSIC AND DRAMA.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£579k
Latest spending
£625k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that Caius House incurred a net deficit of £45,475 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by depreciation charges on capital funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,633, which is equivalent to two months of operating costs, below the Board's stated policy target of six months. The trustees are confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and intend to break even in 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £61k; policy: at least six months operating costs)
“At the end of the financial period under review the unrestricted reserves (general fund) increased by £4,449 (2023: £1,647) and stood at £60,633 (2023: £56,184) which are equivalent to two months of operating costs. The Board is aware of the need to increase these reserves to the level of at least six months operating costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£579k
Total spending
£625k
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£65k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 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 (52% 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: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£579k£625k
31/12/2024£479k£525k
31/12/2023£493k£548k
31/12/2022£487k£533k
31/12/2021£543k£583k

Common questions

Is CAIUS HOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that Caius House incurred a net deficit of £45,475 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by depreciation charges on capital funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,633, which is equivalent to two months of operating costs, below the Board's stated policy target of six months. The trustees are confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and intend to break even in 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/07/2024£390kThe Caius House Community Transformation Initiative
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£10kFit for Tech
Sport England23/07/2021£10kTGC CF Move It
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kCaius House Channel LIT
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2015£9kCreative High