ST. MARY ABBOTS REHABILITATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS (SMART)

Registered charity 292787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SMART CLUBS, SMART PROJECTS, ST MARY ABBOTS EMPLOYMENT PROJECT (SMART)

SMART promotes mental health through purposeful activity. We offer supported work & training opportunities in a friendly & enabling environment. People build practical & personal skills, gaining experience & confidence. We also support engagement with wider employment, advice & training opportunities & reconnect people with their community through our programme of social & cultural events.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £72,753 for the year ended 31 March 2024, reversing a loss in the prior year. Total funds carried forward increased to £789,133, with unrestricted general reserves standing at £472,720. The trustees confirmed that these reserves meet their policy requirements and that the charity is a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient level of reserves to enable operating activities to be maintained, taking account of potential risks and contingencies (held: £473k)
SMART’s reserves policy is to maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable operating activities to be maintained, taking account of potential risks and contingencies that may arise from time to time. — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Jeffrey Altman & Company. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SMART (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£521k
Employees
52

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.0m£944k

Common questions

Is ST. MARY ABBOTS REHABILITATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS (SMART) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £72,753 for the year ended 31 March 2024, reversing a loss in the prior year. Total funds carried forward increased to £789,133, with unrestricted general reserves standing at £472,720. The trustees confirmed that these reserves meet their policy requirements and that the charity is a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Jeffrey Altman & Company.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2019£10kPlot to Plate

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. MARY ABBOTS REHABILITATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS (SMART)£1.7m0aboveno doubt
SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
SMART WORKS CHARITY FY2025£4.7m£110,000 - £120,000aboveno doubt
BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED FY2025£2.6m2aboveno doubt
BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.4m0unclearnoted
WORKING WELL TRUST FY2025£2.6m0unclearno doubt

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