THE PHOENIX GARDEN

Registered charity 1178847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PHOENIX GARDEN CIO

To provide and maintain (or assist in the provision and maintenance of) public gardens and open spaces for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Covent Garden and others, in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving conditions of life for the said inhabitants and others and to create and maintain suitable habitats to support and encourage wildlife.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN (OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF) PUBLIC GARDENS AND OPEN SPACES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COVENT GARDEN AND OTHERS, IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND OTHERS AND TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN SUITABLE HABITATS TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE WILDLIFE.2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COVENT GARDEN AND SOHO (AND THE SURROUNDING AREA) NEIGHBOURHOOD BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's expenditure exceeded income by approximately £20,000, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, the trustees report the charity is in a robust financial position with unrestricted reserves of £130,108 and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 10/03/2022, 38 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander James Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHERINE MATHESON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claude Asgill
• Francis Lluvert Go · trustee of 1 other charity
• Garrard Knowles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sue Vincent · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timothy Lynn

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

• THE PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £173k
• PHOENIX COMMUNITY & YOUTH PROJECT income £80k
• THE PATCHWORKING GARDEN PROJECT income £54k
• THE PHOENIX TRUST (MILTON) LTD income £256k
• FRIENDS OF PELICAN PARK income £96k
• THE FAIRHAVEN GARDEN TRUST income £633k

Side by side with its peers

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