SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 280270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to individuals and organisations

Objects

TO SUCH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS, SOCIETIES, OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND PROPORTIONS AS THEY SHALL THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THOSE CHARITABLE ORGANISTATIONS, SOCIETIES, OBJECTS OR PURPOSES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH AND NOT CONTRARY TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE HERETO.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£54k

Latest spending

£61k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,359.80, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of retaining about one year’s income. The trustees note that future project development depends on the availability of further donations, indicating a dependency on securing continued funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Free donations (82% of income)

“Free donations 49500.00”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £64k; policy: about one year’s income)

“The trustees hold no investments but have had a policy of the retention of about one year’s income in reserve for future distribution.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The trustees believe, and in the expectation of further donations, that they hold sufficient funds to meet the needs as they arise. How quickly the projects develop with which we are involved however will be dependent at least in part upon the availability of sufficient funds.”

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL MICHAEL STANTON
PAUL STANTON
Steven John Newman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · India · Kenya · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£54k	£61k
05/04/2024	£74k	£55k
05/04/2023	£44k	£25k
05/04/2022	£44k	£60k
05/04/2021	£20k	£32k

Common questions

Is SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,359.80, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of retaining about one year’s income. The trustees note that future project development depends on the availability of further donations, indicating a dependency on securing continued funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k

Charities like this

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

THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST income £100k
JRM TRUST income £50k
RJM CHARITY TRUST income £364k
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST	£54k	—	below	—	noted
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JRM TRUST FY2025	£50k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RJM CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£364k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£136k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£99k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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