THE CAMERA CLUB

Registered charity 1174805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Camera Club provides inexpensive photographic facilities in London, including studios, darkrooms, a digital suite and a gallery, plus workshops and exhibitions, so that a lively community interested in photography can learn from each other and improve their photographic skills and knowledge.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND INEXPENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITIES IN LONDON.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest operating surplus of £8,268 and an overall net income of £37,660, driven by a significant £29,392 gain on the revaluation of investments. Unrestricted reserves increased to £446,390, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet working capital needs and foreseeable maintenance expenditure. The charity relies on volunteers, employs no staff, and maintains a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties reported.

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 5 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Victoria Reeve
• Marcus Royal Tate
• Paul Frederick Smith
• Philip Clark
• STEPHEN DAVID ULLATHORNE SCOTT

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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