ST GILES TRUST

Registered charity 801355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of services offering advice, advocacy and support to those facing severe social disadvantage and multiple barriers in their lives. Particular focus on provision of training and support for those with lived experience to become professional workers able to support these services and enter the job market.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1.1 THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF THOSE IN NEED AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE MOST DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMELESS PERSONS, PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS, THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH MATTERS RELATING TO HOUSING, DEBT, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY AND OVERCOMING ADDICTION;4.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH PROMOTING AND FACILITATING THE ENTRY INTO EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR TRAINING OF DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING;4.1.3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £253,136 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £8.3 million. The trustees note that the current free unrestricted reserves of £5.46 million are below the stated policy target of three months' running costs (£5.66 million), but confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Giles Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Richard Knibbs — Executive Director of Services (source)

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• ED Specialist Caseworker (Whipps Cross) — £17821.00-£17821.00 per year · Whipps Cross Hospital and Surrounding Community Areas (On-site) · posted 1 week ago (seen 16/09/2026)
• Personal Wellbeing Coach — £16021.80-£16021.80 per year · North Wales (On-site) · posted 1 week ago (seen 16/09/2026)
• Women's Alliance Volunteer Peer Advisor — £.00-£.00 per year · York or Scarborough Women's Centres (On-site) · posted 4 weeks ago (seen 16/09/2026)

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ameeta Rowland
• Andrew McEachern
• Caroline Mary Waddington
• Charles Hugh Pitts-Tucker
• Charlotte Elisabeth O'Brien
• Michael Victor REBEIRO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Eley

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES.

• ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES income £1.0m
• ST GILES HOSPICE income £12.8m
• THE ST HILDA'S TRUST income £89k
• FULL FACT income £3.1m
• ST JOHN'S GUILD income £158k
• ST GEORGE'S CRYPT income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

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