CANTERBURY OAST TRUST

Registered charity 291662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND RARE BREEDS CENTRE

The provision of long term residential care services, supported living, life skills, training and supported occupation to enable people with a learning disability to lead a fulfilling and rewarding life.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £1,072,626 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £6,667,525. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient reserves and cash from property sales to absorb the current deficit and maintain operations for at least twelve months. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01897198

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Canterbury Oast Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• NATS — “A big thank you as well to NATS , who generously matched Coral and Stephen’s total.” (source page)

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.

• DUNN, Colette Ann Maxwell — director, appointed 11/10/2025on trustee list
• TEUNON, Nicholas John — director, appointed 11/10/2025on trustee list
• GOWER-SMITH, Daniel Steven — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• ASH, Fiona Mary — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• ALLCHIN, Michele — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• HAZEVOET, Sophy Catherine — director, appointed 17/10/2020on trustee list
• TWEEDLEY, Michaela Louise — director, appointed 07/10/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (15 freehold); recorded price paid £1.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Canterbury Oast Trust — Registered, 14 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 28/03/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.2% 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).

• Rosemary Cottage: Requires improvement (20/12/2022) · CQC record
• Community Support Services: Requires improvement (19/04/2023) · CQC record
• Farm House: Good (04/08/2018) · CQC record
• The New Bungalow: Good (29/08/2018) · CQC record
• Homelands: Good (01/05/2018) · CQC record
• Ivy Cottage: Good (14/07/2018) · CQC record
• Boldshaves Oast: Good (05/05/2018) · CQC record
• Holly Cottage: Good (15/09/2018) · CQC record
• Old School House: Good (21/06/2018) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colette Dunn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Gower-Smith
• Fiona Ash
• Michaela Louise Tweedley
• Michele Allchin
• NICHOLAS JOHN TEUNON
• Sophy Catherine Hazevoet

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).