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CAMDEN GIVING

Registered charity 1174463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £236,000, which is just below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £238,000 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds, but the trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory and the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned over £60,000 during the year (2024: One)” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned over £60,000 during the year (2024: One)” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months or more of running costs (minus project costs and grant awards), this equates to approximately £238,000 (held: £236k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent of four months or more of running costs (minus project costs and grant awards), this equates to approximately £238,000.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039
“During the year two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039 (2024: £32,400), this has been recognised within both other income and office costs.” — page 39
“Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.
“During the year two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039 (2024: £32,400), this has been recognised within both other income and office costs.” — page 39
“Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: £31,190 of grant awards were made to an organisation that one of the trustees is a co-founder.
“During the year two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039 (2024: £32,400), this has been recognised within both other income and office costs.” — page 39
“Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: During the year a grant award amounting to £29,670 was made to an organisation that one of the trustee's spouse controls.
“During the year two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039 (2024: £32,400), this has been recognised within both other income and office costs.” — page 39
“Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One of the trustees is a regular giver to Camden Giving and donated £600 to the charity during the year.
“During the year two Trustees gifted office space to the charity at no cost, the value of this gift in the current year was £56,039 (2024: £32,400), this has been recognised within both other income and office costs.” — page 39
“Two of the trustees' employers donated £110,000 to the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Community Ideas Project C.I.C.
“The Community Ideas Project C.I.C. was incorporated on 20 July 2021 in England and Wales, this is a subsidiary of Camden Giving by virtue of common control.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

THE COMMUNITY IDEAS PROJECT C.I.C. — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided statutory accounts.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£234k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2021£2.3m£1.7m

Common questions

Is CAMDEN GIVING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £236,000, which is just below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £238,000 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds, but the trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory and the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chariot House Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CAMDEN GIVING earn?

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

Who funds CAMDEN GIVING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMDEN GIVING as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION, CROSSROADS WOMEN.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£15k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£9k
CROSSROADS WOMENFY2024£2kGrant - Camden Giving

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation26/02/2025£88kGrant to Camden Giving
Camden Giving11/12/2024£4kBAME Lunch Club
Camden Giving29/10/2024£2kGRILLS exhibiton
Camden Giving17/09/2024£5kCommunity Ideas Project
City Bridge Foundation15/06/2023£90kGrant to Camden Giving
City Bridge Foundation03/10/2022£259kGrant to Camden Giving
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£228kFostering Sustainable Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2020£35kCamden Giving - Covid 19 Request
City Bridge Foundation24/06/2020£140kGrant to Camden Giving
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£40kFuture Changemakers
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2018£60kGrant to Camden Giving

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
AGE UK1£397k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£160k
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£100k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY1£90k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST1£72k
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION1£60k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£50k
Fight for Sight1£44k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMDEN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMDEN GIVING£1.7mOver £60,0001unclear—no doubt
CAMDEN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE FY2025£4.4m£130,001 - £140,000—below—no doubt
CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST FY2025£158k—0above—no doubt
THE CAMDEN SOCIETY FY2025£8.5m——unclear—no doubt
forum+ FY2025£138k—0within—no doubt

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