CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES

Registered charity 208441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES

The Charity seeks to relieve poverty by making payments twice a year to elderly people on low income living in the historical parish of Camberwell (which includes Dulwich and Peckham).

Objects

(1) IN THE FIRST PLACE A YEARLY SUM OF ú40.00 (SUBJECT TO SUCH REASONABLE INCREASES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT) SHALL BE SET ASIDE TO PROVIDE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO NOT MORE THAN 8 POOR PERSONS RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA OF THE FORMER PARISH OF CAMBERWELL. (2) SUBJECT THERETO, IN PAYING PENSIONS TO PENSIONERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED (PLEASE SEE THE 1999 SCHEME FOR FULL DETAILS).

Area of benefit: PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE 1999 SCHEME FOR DETAILS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £5,345 for the year ended 31 March 2026, which was funded by withdrawals from its investment portfolio. Total unrestricted assets stood at £1,598,050, with the trustees stating these reserves are sufficient to cover future benefits and governance costs. The charity relies on investment income and grants to fund its activities, having ceased receiving grants from the Dulwich Almshouse Charity.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 31/03/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Government income: £11,100 — grants £11,100 (3); 21% of the £53,433 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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£52k£57k
31/03/2025£53k£55k
31/03/2024£51k£56k
31/03/2023£52k£55k
31/03/2022£50k£55k

Common questions

Is CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £5,345 for the year ended 31 March 2026, which was funded by withdrawals from its investment portfolio. Total unrestricted assets stood at £1,598,050, with the trustees stating these reserves are sufficient to cover future benefits and governance costs. The charity relies on investment income and grants to fund its activities, having ceased receiving grants from the Dulwich Almshouse Charity. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES as a grant recipient include DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2022£7kGrants and funding for pensions
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2021£7kfunding of pensions paid to beneficiaries
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2023£5kextra income to older people on low incomes
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2024£4kextra income to older people on low incomes
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2025£2kextra income to older people on low incomes

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
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£36k
QUAKER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED1£6k
MOTABILITY1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES£52k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£387k—0above—no doubt
CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
PALMER AND SEABRIGHT CHARITY FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt

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