COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 296219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance any exclusively charitable purpose which the trustees think fit for the benefit of the public without distinction of sex or of political or religious or other opinions and with a particular focus on Waterloo and north Southwark.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £29,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by large capital grants. However, the trustees note that general unrestricted reserves of £134,852 are below their stated policy target of two to three months of operational expenditure, representing only about one month of costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2024: nil).” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £135k; policy: two to three months of operational expenditure)
“In the 2025 accounts, the Charity’s general funds represent about one month of operational expenditure, which is below the Trustees’ target.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre
“The Trust became the sole member of Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre (Colombo) on 7 December 2009. It continues to be responsible for determining the membership of the Colombo board and manages Colombo is its subsidiary.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coin Street Centre Trust (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.

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£753k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2023£328k£371k
31/03/2022£371k£352k
31/03/2021£247k£307k

Common questions

Is COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £29,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by large capital grants. However, the trustees note that general unrestricted reserves of £134,852 are below their stated policy target of two to three months of operational expenditure, representing only about one month of costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST as a grant recipient include SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURS, FORD BRITAIN TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURSFY2025£3k
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2022£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2025£2kSchool Uniform Grant
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2024£1kGrant
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2023£1kSchool Uniform/General
SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURSFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government12/03/2025£11kFeel Good Saturdays fitness & friendship for older adults
Sport England12/03/2025£11kFeel Good Saturdays – fitness & friendship for older adults
Greater London Authority (GLA)11/04/2024£18kGo! London Fund - Investing in Coin Street’s youth sports and fitness programmes
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£26kGrant to Coin Street Centre
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£1kGrant to Coin Street Centre Trust
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£7kGrant to Coin Street Centre Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kGentle Gardening – community gardening in SE1
Sport England07/12/2023£10kFeel Good Saturday - fitness and fun for older people in SE1
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£900Grant to Coin Street Centre Trust
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£11kGrant to Coin Street Centre Trust
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£30kGrant to Coin Street Centre
UK government28/03/2023£30kNational Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2023£10kGentle Gardening
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£3kGrant to Coin Street Centre Trust
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£15kGrant to Coin Street Centre Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2021£9kArt for Ages
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£15kGrant to Coin Street Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2019£10kOver 50s Art, Wellbeing & Learning
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2019£14kGrant to Coin Street Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2018£8kOver 50s ART
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2018£14kGrant to Coin Street Centre
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2017£7kGrant to Coin Street Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2014£9kGorgeous Gardens Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£10k"Heritage sights and sounds"
The National Lottery Community Fund03/05/2012£8kGet Coin Street Reading

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 CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST£1.2mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
MA CENTRE UK FY2025£249k—0unclear—no doubt
CITYCOAST TRUST FY2025£467k—0below—no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt

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