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.

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Related-party transaction: Donation from subsidiary to charity
“One donation was given to donation to the charity by the subsidiary company for £25,000 (2024: £nil) as shown in note 14.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£596k
Employees
0

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

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.9m£1.9m
31/07/2024£1.8m£1.9m
31/07/2023£2.0m£2.1m
31/07/2022£2.2m£2.3m
31/07/2021£2.6m£2.3m

Common questions

Is CAMDEN GARDEN CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WRIGHT'S CLOCK LAND CIO1£305k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£9k
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARRINGTON TRAINING TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMDEN GARDEN CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
WARRINGTON TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2025£419k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£3.7m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2025£816k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt
THE EDMUND TRUST FY2025£11.1m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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