PECAN
Registered charity 801819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PECAN LIMITED
Pecan is a community charity based in Southwark. Working in this and neighbouring boroughs. Supporting local people who are unemployed, isolated, ex-offenders, those affected by benefit changes or low income and empowering women facing multiple barriers. Services include employment programmes, training, one to one support, coaching, food programmes and community activities.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £97,721 for the year ended 31 March 2025, having drawn on reserves to cover the shortfall. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £562,433, which is at the lower end of their stated policy target of four to six months' running costs (£569k - £854k). While the charity continues as a going concern, the trustees acknowledge that some key contracts ended and they are actively monitoring the extent to which existing services can be maintained from reserves.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £562k)
“Against the target we are holding £562,433 in free reserves at the year end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document notes a vacancy for Company Secretary from 1-14 April 2024, but does not explicitly state late filing or regulator engagement as a 'serious matter' in the governance flags sense. However, it does note 'significant risks' and 'funding shortfall'. Per rule 8, only serious explicitly-stated matters like late filing admitted, regulator engagement, serious incident reports, internal control failures. None of these are explicitly stated as admitted failures or regulator engagements. The CEO resignation and trustee turnover are operational, not governance failures per se. I will leave this empty as no explicit 'serious governance failure' is stated.
“Vacancy (1-14 April 2024)” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pecan (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)
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Amy Jacks
- Esenam Agubretu
- Helen Dennis
- Helen Palmer
- Jennifer Brown
- Jervis Rhodes
- Sally Dixon
- Sarolta Stuckey-Beeri
- Terryna D'Souza
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PECAN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £97,721 for the year ended 31 March 2025, having drawn on reserves to cover the shortfall. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £562,433, which is at the lower end of their stated policy target of four to six months' running costs (£569k - £854k). While the charity continues as a going concern, the trustees acknowledge that some key contracts ended and they are actively monitoring the extent to which existing services can be maintained from reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.
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