KEW COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 289707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY TRUST, THE ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY TRUST

Kew Community Trust is a registered charity which runs The Avenue Club and The Avenue Halls in Kew. The Avenue Club is a vibrant daytime social and leisure club offering a range of classes, activities and events for those who wish to get the most out of retirement. The Avenue Halls provides a first-class venue and welcomes people of all ages for recreation, classes, meetings and private functions.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE THE AGED AND ELDERLEY AND HANDICAPPED PEOPLE IN NEED, IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED CHARITABLE BY LAW. B) TO PROMOTE AND PROSECUTE EDUCATIONAL COURSES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, SINGLE PARENTS AND GENERALLY OTHER PEOPLE TO ASSIST THEM IN MEETING CHANGE IN SOCIETY AND TO HOLD CONFERENCES THEREON AND OTHERWISE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION. C) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA WITHIN THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES OF KEW AND RICHMOND TOWN WARDS TOGETHER WITH THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAILWAY LINE BOUNDED BY CLIFFORD AVENUE, LAMBETH AVENUE, MANOR GROVE, MANOR ROAD AND LOWER RICHMOND ROAD.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 10% to £399,402, while total costs rose to £380,527. However, a significant unrealised loss on investments of £179,975 resulted in a net deficit for the year of £161,101. Despite this, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £4,221,127, which the trustees consider sufficient to mitigate material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts audited by Ark Accountancy Limited. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Flukerchair
• Caroline Smee
• David Polya
• Dominic Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gill Linthwaite
• Gillian Thorpe · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Armitstead
• Rita Kamat
• Stephen Robinson
• Stephen Williams · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KING ARTHURS WAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• KING ARTHURS WAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £27k
• THE WICK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £97k
• THE AVENUES TRUST GROUP income £67.2m
• KENNAWAY HOUSE TRUST income £144k
• KEW STUDIO income £35k
• KEA PRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £292k

Side by side with its peers

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