JUST CIRCLE LIMITED

Registered charity 269158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON CYRENIANS HOUSING LIMITED, WEST LONDON CYRENIANS LIMITED

Supported special needs Housing & Support to individuals with facilities & grants and services such as care, counselling, advice, advocacy and information

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Latest income

£7.1m

Latest spending

£7.5m

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £183,611 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net surplus of £7,709 after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,769,707, which the Board considers sufficient to cover 8 months of running costs, maintaining compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Governance and Financial Viability Standard.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6-12 months working capital (held: £5.8m)

“We aim to secure 6-12 months working capital and are pleased to report that we currently have 8 months running costs” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01197478

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.

FLOOD, Chris, Dr — director, appointed 19/11/2021not on trustee list
WARD-SMITH, Jamie — director, appointed 28/02/2019on trustee list
CHAMBERLAIN, Stephen Paul — director, appointed 05/06/2018on trustee list
DRIVER, John Michael — director, appointed 17/06/2010on trustee list
DIGGLE, Adine Kinchant — director, appointed 06/03/2008on trustee list
THOMPSON, Chantal Diana Curtois — director, appointed 24/01/1996on trustee list
BASHORUN, Stephen — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold); recorded price paid £7.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: London Cyrenians Housing Limited — Deregistered, 3 registered locations, last inspected 19/05/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income

£7.4m

Total spending

£7.5m

Reserves (reported)

£8.5m

Employees

157

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEPHEN BASHORUNchair
ADINE KINCHANT DIGGLE · trustee of 1 other charity
CHANTAL DIANA CURTOIS THOMPSON
Dr BENJAMIN LAWRANCE THOMAS
JAMIE WARD-SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
MICHAEL DRIVER
STEPHEN PAUL CHAMBERLAIN

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£7.1m	£7.5m
31/03/2024	£7.6m	£7.6m
31/03/2023	£7.4m	£7.5m
31/03/2022	£7.7m	£7.5m
31/03/2021	£14.0m	£9.4m

Common questions

Is JUST CIRCLE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £183,611 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net surplus of £7,709 after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,769,707, which the Board considers sufficient to cover 8 months of running costs, maintaining compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Governance and Financial Viability Standard. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

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
THE NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION	1	£238k
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£220k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£112k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
Bird Song Trust	1	£94k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£71k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£66k
CARERS TRUST	1	£64k

Charities like this

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

CIRCLES NETWORK income £3.0m
ROUNDABOUT LIMITED income £9.4m
Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY income £388k
HOUSING JUSTICE income £3.0m
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JUST CIRCLE LIMITED	£7.1m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
CIRCLES NETWORK FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ROUNDABOUT LIMITED FY2025	£9.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FY2025	£388k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOUSING JUSTICE FY2025	£3.0m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt

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