THE CAMDEN TOWN SHED

Registered charity 1201864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. 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: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with unrestricted cash reserves of £84,362, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three years' running costs (£72,000). However, the trustees note that major donors have been lost and expect future costs to significantly exceed membership income, requiring the drawdown of reserves to cover an anticipated annual shortfall. The charity remains dependent on volunteer labor and faces risks regarding the loss of its workshop space and skilled volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: member donations
“Member donations, many with Gift Aid.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three year’s running costs (reserves figure: £84k)
“We have historically aimed to hold reserves of three year’s running costs, which based on our latest accounts, totals £72,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£24k
31/03/2024£59k£27k

Common questions

Is THE CAMDEN TOWN SHED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with unrestricted cash reserves of £84,362, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three years' running costs (£72,000). However, the trustees note that major donors have been lost and expect future costs to significantly exceed membership income, requiring the drawdown of reserves to cover an anticipated annual shortfall. The charity remains dependent on volunteer labor and faces risks regarding the loss of its workshop space and skilled volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CAMDEN TOWN SHED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CAMDEN TOWN SHED as a grant recipient include THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kDirect UK Grants
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£1kDirect UK Grants

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.