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AVENUES LONDON

Registered charity 1130445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATCSS, THE AVENUES TRUST COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES

Avenues London is part of a group of charities which pioneer specialist social care supporting people facing significant disadvantage through illness and disability so they can live full lives in their local communities. We also support adults and children in their own homes or in a residential setting who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues, acquired brain injury or dementia.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£19.3m
Latest spending
£18.9m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Avenues London ended the year with a net deficit of £163,000, having achieved an operational surplus of £464,000. The charity has no free reserves and relies on a cross-guarantee arrangement with its parent group to service working capital requirements. While the deficit budget for 2025/26 presents a challenge, the trustees report that year-to-date actuals are tracking ahead of budget, supporting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60 - £70k
“The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60k were: 2025 1 £60 - £70k” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60k were: 2025 1 £60 - £70k” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-163k; policy: £1.5m)
“Avenues London has negative reserves, although following the operating surplus in 2024/25 this has been reduced and now stands at (£163k). There are no free reserves.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 6 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.

Official officers record.

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.

CQC provider record: Avenues London — Registered, 14 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 17/01/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£19.3m
Total spending
£18.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
454

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (3.8%) (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£19.3m£18.9m
31/03/2024£15.4m£15.8m
31/03/2023£12.9m£13.3m
31/03/2022£12.4m£12.5m
31/03/2021£12.0m£11.7m

Common questions

Is AVENUES LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Avenues London ended the year with a net deficit of £163,000, having achieved an operational surplus of £464,000. The charity has no free reserves and relies on a cross-guarantee arrangement with its parent group to service working capital requirements. While the deficit budget for 2025/26 presents a challenge, the trustees report that year-to-date actuals are tracking ahead of budget, supporting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of AVENUES LONDON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60 - £70k band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY2£10k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST2£5k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
THE OLWYN FOUNDATION1£182k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£50k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AVENUES TRUST GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AVENUES LONDON£19.3m£60 - £70k1below—no doubt
THE AVENUES TRUST GROUP FY2025£67.2m——below—no doubt
AVENUES EAST FY2025£7.5m——unclear—no doubt
AVENUES SOUTH EAST FY2025£14.0m£60k - £70k1unclear—no doubt
THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION FY2026£11.2m—3below—no doubt
AVENUE TENNIS FY2025£681k—0above—no doubt

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