CAMDEN GARDEN CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 296803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOUTHERN TASK EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Education of disadvantaged people as Trainees by actual involvement in commercial activity/employment experience. Camden Garden Centre Charitable Trust carries out this charitable function through the vehicle of its wholly owned subsidiary Camden Garden Centre Ltd (co. reg. no. 1592398) which employs Trainees in agreement with the Trust.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £596,489, an increase from the previous year's £547,883, driven by a net rise in reserves of £26,080. The trustees consider funds sufficient and do not plan significant fundraising, viewing reserves as a financial backstop for the trading subsidiary. The trading subsidiary itself generated a profit of £22,526 and increased its cash reserves to £261,945.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID GRANGER UREchair
• Guy Matthew Moreton · trustee of 1 other charity
• JIM HODGSON
• MS ELIZABETH MILLAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shira Lappin
• Susan Crisp
• Wendy Ann Witherby Pritchard

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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