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PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 261726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PURLEY PARK TRUST

Purley Park Trust provides residential care, supported living, domiciliary care and day services for adults with learning disabilities, dementia and acquired brain injury, many of whom have complex needs and other disabilities. It is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a Registered Residential Care Provider and a Domiciliary Care Agency.

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Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£6.1m
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,978 against an annual turnover of £6.1 million, with unrestricted reserves of £1,324,210. The trustees consider the balance sheet position to be sufficient with adequate assets to meet routine liabilities, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £90,001 - £100,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Steve Taylor for maintenance services; Steve is the spouse of Karen Taylor, a key management personnel.
“The charity made payments during the year of £nil (2024: £22,175) to Steve Taylor in respect of maintenance services. Steve is the spouse of Karen Taylor, who is part of the key management personnel of the charity.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Purley Park Trust Limited — Registered, 10 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 12/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£6.1m
Total spending
£6.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
180

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.1m£6.1m
31/03/2024£6.3m£5.7m
31/03/2023£5.6m£5.5m
31/03/2022£5.4m£5.2m
31/03/2021£5.3m£5.1m

Common questions

Is PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,978 against an annual turnover of £6.1 million, with unrestricted reserves of £1,324,210. The trustees consider the balance sheet position to be sufficient with adequate assets to meet routine liabilities, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

Who funds PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£30kTotal grants awarded in the period

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 ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£374k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£84k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION1£10k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST1£10k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£8k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£5k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PURLEY PARK TRUST LIMITED£6.1m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
PARKHAVEN TRUST FY2025£7.7m——unclear11.0%no doubt
THE PENDERELS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.5m—1above—no doubt
PARKER TRUST FY2025£101kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
FAMILY CARE TRUST FY2025£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt
FINSBURY PARK TRUST FY2025£160k—0below—no doubt

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