15BILLIONEBP

Registered charity 1000041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWHAM EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, NEWHAM EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP (NEBP), NEWHAM EDUCATION EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, NEWHAM SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRY LIAISON LIMITED

To advance for the public benefit the education and training of children and young people with particular reference to equipping them for employment and facilitating their obtaining work in industry, commerce and the professions.

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Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a surplus of £69,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £299,449 excluding a pension asset. The trustees note that these reserves are below the lower band of their stated policy target (£378,956) but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000” — page 34

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £299k; policy: between 3 and 6 months running costs)

“Excluding the pension asset the group has a level of unrestricted reserves of £299,449, which is lower than the set band lower level of £378,956.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: 15billion, New Hackney Education Business Partnership Limited

“The consolidated financial statements incorporate those of 15billionebp and all of its subsidiaries” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02462697
Trading subsidiary: 15BILLION Companies House 04301654
Trading subsidiary: NEW HACKNEY EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED Companies House 05157521

15BILLION — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £595k
Profit before tax: £48k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £94k
Staff costs provided to parent

“Included within amounts owed from related parties in creditors are amounts of £93,638 (2024: £13,731) owed to 15Billionebp. The amounts are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.”

NEW HACKNEY EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Debtors include an amount owed from the parent entity, which was written off as part of the closing of the charity.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

JP Morgan Chase — “Positive Pathways supported by JP Morgan Chase” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

STEPHENS, Richard Edward Gordon — director, appointed 26/04/2023on trustee list
MUMTAZ, Zenab — director, appointed 26/04/2023on trustee list
JENNINGS, James Colin — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list
GAJJAR, Kishen — director, appointed 29/12/2021on trustee list
PIESSE, Simon Heriot — director, appointed 29/12/2021on trustee list
CLINTON, Simon Reginald — director, appointed 01/08/2018on trustee list
HALES, Robert — director, appointed 09/12/2015on trustee list
WILKINS, Jennifer Ann — director, appointed 17/04/2013on trustee list
BELCHER, Charles John — director, appointed 19/11/2009on trustee list
SAHADEVAN, Sugathan — director, appointed 16/11/2006on trustee list
EL-SHENNAWY, Shereen — secretary, appointed 01/10/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.5m

Reserves (reported)

£300k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sugathan Sahadevanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Charles John Belcher · trustee of 3 other charities
James Colin Jennings
Jennifer Ann Wilkins · trustee of 1 other charity
Kishen Gajjar
Richard Stephens
Robert Hales
Simon Clinton
Simon Piesse
Sundeep Bhandari
Zenab Mumtaz

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Greenwich · Hackney · Havering · Lewisham · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/08/2024	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/08/2023	£1.8m	£2.0m
31/08/2022	£3.2m	£3.4m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is 15BILLIONEBP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a surplus of £69,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £299,449 excluding a pension asset. The trustees note that these reserves are below the lower band of their stated policy target (£378,956) but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia.

What does the highest-paid employee of 15BILLIONEBP earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority	01/01/2020	£150k	15billionebp

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DOOUSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD.

BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD income £1.9m
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
OPEN AWARDS income £2.7m
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £479k
SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED income £3.0m
NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
15BILLIONEBP	£1.6m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£479k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED FY2025	£3.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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