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Retail Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC039684
Status
Active
Registered
June 27, 2008
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
The Form Rooms
2nd Floor
22 Tower Street
London
WC2H 9NS

Contact

Website
retailtrust.org.uk

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'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'

Objectives: 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.

Geography

Main operating location
Outwith Scotland
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
April 30, 2025 £12,313,200 £13,633,477 127
April 30, 2024 £10,884,665 £13,649,272 121
April 30, 2023 £12,572,909 £10,805,996 128
April 30, 2022 £9,683,001 £8,665,643 90
April 30, 2021 £8,507,005 £7,993,157 96