# RETAIL TRUST ## Details - **Country:** England & Wales - **Charity number:** 1090136 - **Other names:** THE COTTAGE HOMES CHARITY - **Status:** Registered - **Legal form:** Charitable company - **Registered:** Jan. 17, 2002 - **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1090136 ## Contact - **Address:** Form Rooms, 2nd Floor, 22 Tower Street, LONDON - **Phone:** 020 8201 0110 - **Email:** rbushell@retailtrust.org.uk - **Website:** www.retailtrust.org.uk ## Activities **Objects:** 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. **Activities:** Retail Trust is the charity for all people working and retired from retail. Its charitable activities are:- a confidential Helpline which provides counselling, legal and debt advice- Charitable Services with access to financial grants;- Wellbeing Programme;- Supported Living and Care Services for retired employees; and- other services such as education. **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED ## Classification - **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information - **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes - **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups ## Areas of operation - Scotland - Barnet - Derby City - Liverpool City - Salford City ## Finances | Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | |---|---|---|---|---| | April 30, 2025 | £12313200 | £13633477 | £34087157 | 127 | | April 30, 2024 | £11122814 | £13649272 | £35279602 | 124 | | April 30, 2023 | £12654485 | £10805996 | £37840462 | 107 | | April 30, 2022 | £9683001 | £8665643 | £35133296 | 75 | | April 30, 2021 | £8507005 | £7993157 | £34478949 | 77 | ## Trustees - **Alistair McGeorge** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 11, 2018 - Alison Porter — appointed March 26, 2024 - Bruce Tara Findlay — appointed Nov. 28, 2023 - Christopher Powell — appointed Dec. 16, 2021 - Erin Brookes — appointed Feb. 3, 2021 - Gita North — appointed June 14, 2018 - Lesley Margaret Exley — appointed May 1, 2019 - Paul Armstrong — appointed Dec. 8, 2021 - Paul Christopher Allen — appointed Nov. 28, 2023 - Philip Bell-Brown — appointed Aug. 19, 2020