PICCADILLY GARDEN LIMITED

Registered charity 1170962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Day Support Service based in Lancaster, Supporting Adults, and Young People with Learning disabilities, Mental Health issues, Autism and Physical disabilities Activities include education, social skills, work based skills, sports, recreation and health.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) LEARNING DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AUTISM AND ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY BY PREVENTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY TRAINING THEM IN LIFE AND WORK BASED SKILLS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) AND POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.

Area of benefit: COUNTYWIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £40,638 for the year ended 30th September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £609,983 to £569,345. The trustees report that the accounts remain well balanced and that the charity is managing its finances cautiously to ensure stability. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £59,064 and designated funds of £209,575, which are being utilized for infrastructure improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10395195

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Piccadilly (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• O'GORMAN, David Martin — director, appointed 21/04/2021on trustee list
• ROWLINSON, Christine — director, appointed 12/11/2016on trustee list
• HUGHES, Stephen Andrew — director, appointed 26/09/2016on trustee list
• JONES, Michael Ernest — director, appointed 26/09/2016on trustee list
• SHACKLETON, Mark — director, appointed 26/09/2016on trustee list

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Rowlinsonchair
• Abigail Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
• David O'Gorman
• MARK SHACKLETON
• MICHAEL JONES
• STEPHEN HUGHES
• Susan Chesney

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE.

• HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE income £91k
• HELMSLEY WALLED GARDEN LIMITED income £408k
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• FIVE A DAY GARDEN income £35k
• Gardening with Disabilities Trust income £122k
• THE PATCHWORKING GARDEN PROJECT income £54k

Side by side with its peers

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