CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK

Registered charity 208785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHARTERHOUSE MISSION

The charity aims to identify and work with charitable organisations, mainly working with young people in Southwark, by making grants to help their charitable activities.

Objects

FOR SUCH RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AREA

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Received the assets of CHARTERHOUSE IN SOUTHWARK ENDOWMENT FUND (charity 1070261) — merger registered 17/11/2010.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£202k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,854,049, which is significantly above the stated reserves policy target of approximately £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £8,008 and a net movement in funds of £98,805 due to investment revaluation losses, yet maintains substantial liquid assets and investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about £35,000 (reserves figure: £4.9m)

“A sum of about £35,000 in reserves covers the governance and administrative expenses of the charity for a year and is held in instant access bank deposit accounts.” — page 6

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Charterhouse-in-Southwark closes doors after 123 years [29 September 2008] london-se1.co.uk · 29/09/2008

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Charterhouse-In-Southwark (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

George James Barnard Hankeychair
Charles Martin Lynch
Dr Alexander Peterken · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN GILLESPIE ACA
James Christopher Felix
Jonathan David Michael Abbott
Lisa Claire O'Shea Pugh
Peter Michael Aiers
Tristan Parsons

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£194k	£202k
31/03/2024	£178k	£228k
31/03/2023	£238k	£155k
31/03/2022	£183k	£219k
31/03/2021	£195k	£158k

Common questions

Is CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,854,049, which is significantly above the stated reserves policy target of approximately £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £8,008 and a net movement in funds of £98,805 due to investment revaluation losses, yet maintains substantial liquid assets and investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK as a grant recipient include THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST	FY2021	£900
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST	FY2023	£600
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST	FY2022	£500

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	2	£193k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£254k
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST	1	£75k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£26k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIES	1	£25k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	1	£15k
LSEG Foundation	1	£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST income £58k
COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.4m
SHERBURN HOUSE CHARITY income £4.3m
SOUTHWARK CARERS income £321k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIES income £2.1m
CORNERHOUSE (YORKSHIRE) income £385k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	£194k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£58k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SHERBURN HOUSE CHARITY FY2026	£4.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHWARK CARERS FY2025	£321k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHWARK CHARITIES FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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