SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1189832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

South Bank and Waterloo Neighbours exists to monitor and promote how the South Bank and Waterloo Neighbourhood Plan is implemented; facilitate liaison across the community to provide a balanced voice for the whole community; and to organise a neighbourhood forum to improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the area.

Objects

OBJECTS: The objects of the CIO are: 1. To further the following exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit within the area defined by the Neighbourhood Development Plan approved in 2019 for the South Bank and Waterloo neighbourhood (?the area of benefit?): a. To promote high standards of planning and architecture in or affecting the area of benefit. b. To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history, culture and architecture of the area of benefit. c. To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features or areas of historic or public interest in the area of benefit. In furtherance of the above purposes but not otherwise the trustees shall establish a neighbourhood forum for the area of benefit to promote and or improve the social, economic and environmental well-being of the area. 2. The promotion of the voluntary sector in South Bank and Waterloo for the public benefit by: a. liaising between charities, voluntary organisations, government agencies and other groups on relevant issues. b. acting as a representative of the voluntary sector in relation to government policies and legislation. 3. To advance such purposes as are charitable in law for the benefit of the residents of Southbank and Waterloo and the surrounding area by the making of grants to charities and voluntary organisations. For the purposes of clauses 2 and 3, ?the voluntary sector? and ?voluntary organisations? refers to charities and voluntary organisations defined as follows: Charities are organisations, which are established for exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Voluntary Organisations are independent organisations, which are established for purposes that add value to the community as a whole, or a significant section of the community, and which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit for private distribution. Voluntary organisations do not include local government or other statutory authorities.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £41,971 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £41,101. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,353, which the trustees consider appropriate for the charity's current level of activity and within their policy target of one to three months of core operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31 March 2025, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,353, which the trustees consider appropriate for the charity's current level of activity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £137,236 — grants £137,236 (7); 100% of the £137,236 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £66,750 — grants £66,750 (3); 100% of the £66,750 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £13,500 — grants £13,500 (1); 98% of the £13,800 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 01/02/2022, 1 day 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£137k£179k
31/03/2024£67k£8k
31/03/2023£14k£5k
31/03/2022£3k£2k
31/03/2021£16k£1k

Common questions

Is SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £41,971 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £41,101. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,353, which the trustees consider appropriate for the charity's current level of activity and within their policy target of one to three months of core operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority02/12/2022£27kSouth Bank and Waterloo Street Tree Planting

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURS£137k—0below—no doubt
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NETWORK FY2026£770k£80,000 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK FY2025£1.4m——below—no doubt
SOUTHWARK GROUP OF TENANTS ORGANISATION FY2026£211k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE FY2025£203kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS FY2025£423k£61,124—unclear1.0%no doubt

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