LONDON RECLAIMED

Registered charity 1148279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

London Reclaimed started in 2011 as an employment charity with a passion to help young people who struggle to step up into employment. We provide job-specific training, employability skills, tailored mentoring and paid work to 16-25 years olds in South East London, in Goldfinch Furniture and Lumberjack Cafe.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£782k
Latest spending
£795k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £13,144 and holds net current liabilities of £52,476, meaning it has no free unrestricted reserves. The trustees report a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to an inability to secure necessary additional funding and rising fixed costs, noting that the future of the charity was in doubt at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three month's average expenditure in cash (held: £-52k)
“The reserves policy is to hold three month's average expenditure in cash.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees have made an assessment of going concern and believe that the going concern basis remains appropriate but a material uncertainty exists regarding the charity's ability to continue to operate in the longer term in its current form.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£782k
Total spending
£795k
Cost of raising funds
£267k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (78% 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: 34.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£782k£795k
31/05/2024£652k£751k
31/05/2023£500k£737k
31/05/2022£450k£473k
31/05/2021£272k£336k

Common questions

Is LONDON RECLAIMED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £13,144 and holds net current liabilities of £52,476, meaning it has no free unrestricted reserves. The trustees report a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to an inability to secure necessary additional funding and rising fixed costs, noting that the future of the charity was in doubt at the year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LONDON RECLAIMED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON RECLAIMED as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, MOYNITRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£10kRandom Act of Kindness
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2023£10kRandom Act of Kindness
MOYNITRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kYoung Furniture Makers Training Programme
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£5kGrant to London Reclaimed