Charity Details

Retail Trust

SC039684Registered charity from 27 June 2008

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Charity Information:

Address The Form Rooms
2nd Floor
22 Tower Street
London

Postcode WC2H 9NS

Website www.retailtrust.org.uk

Parent Charity Registration Number 1090136

Regulatory Type Cross-Border

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

3.1 The Charity shall operate for the public benefit in pursuance of the following charitable objects: 3.1.1 to support individuals who are or have been in employment within the retail and associated sectors in need because of youth, age, ill-health, financial hardship or other disadvantage, in particular by: 3.1.1.1 the provision of wellbeing services, for example counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and critical incident support; 3.1.1.2 the provision of advice and assistance, particularly to individuals who would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice; 3.1.1.3 the provision of specially designed or adapted housing and items, services and facilities calculated to relieve the needs of beneficiaries; and 3.1.1.4 the provision of grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve financial hardship or distress; 3.1.2 to advance awareness and understanding, social inclusion and mobility of individuals, in the retail and associated sectors by providing financial assistance through educational grants and bursaries, advice and assistance and organising educational programmes and other activities to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to gain employment in the retail sector; and 3.1.3 to further such other purposes which may be charitable according to the law of England and Wales and the law of Scotland in connection with the retail and associated sectors in the United Kingdom as the Directors see fit from time to time by the provision of financial and other support.

Operations:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 27 Jun 2008

Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland

Number of Staff: 127

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Older People", "Other defined groups"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Apr 2022	£9,683,001	£8,665,643	26 Apr 2023	Yes
30 Apr 2023	£12,572,909	£10,805,996	31 Jan 2024	Yes
30 Apr 2024	£10,884,665	£13,649,272	05 Nov 2024	Yes
30 Apr 2025	£12,313,200	£13,633,477	31 Mar 2026	Yes	Download
30 Apr 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Jan 2027
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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