POSITIVE EAST

Registered charity 1001582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GLOBE CENTRE (CITY AND EAST LONDON) LIMITED, THE GLOBE CENTRE(TOWER HAMLETS) LIMITED

A HOLISTIC RANGE OF SERVICES THAT ENABLES PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING, SUPPORT SELF MANAGEMENT AND REGAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THIS IS DONE THROUGH ADVICE, SUPPORT GROUPS AND TRAINING. ADDITIONALLY WE RUN PREVENTION PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE TESTING AND SAFER SEX PRACTICES TO REDUCE ONWARD INFECTION. THIS IS DONE FROM OUR BASE IN EAST LONDON.

Objects

3.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE BETTER HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AND AFFECTED BY HIV AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY HIV. THE PROMOTION AND PREVENTION OF HIV TRANSMISSION AND SEXUAL HEALTH PROMOTION TO THE PUBLIC. BOTH THESE OBJECTS ARE TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIV AND SEXUAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES AND MATERIALS, CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, CLINICAL SERVICES, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY.3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF ANY PERSON SUFFERING FROM ANY INFECTION, DISEASE OR CONDITION UNDER ARTICLE 3.1 OR THEIR FAMILIES, PARTNERS OR DEPENDENTS.3.3 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT AND BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO AIDS, HIV, SEXUAL HEALTH AND OTHER ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.3.4 THE SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest surplus of £48,083 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant surplus in the prior year driven by exceptional legacies. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £827,429, which equates to approximately 5.3 months of operating expenses, providing a stable financial position despite ongoing challenges in sustaining unrestricted income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by M J Bushell Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Positive East (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 16.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Malcolm Shearerchair
• Christine Ansell
• David Blackburn
• David Wood
• Devina Paul
• Ijeoma Ajibade · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joanne Goodrich
• REBECCA WILKINS
• Udey Chowdhury

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POSITIVELY UK.

• POSITIVELY UK income £850k
• DERBYSHIRE POSITIVE SUPPORT income £153k
• POSITIVE HEALTH (LINCOLNSHIRE) income £296k
• PLUSHEALTH income £66k
• DISABILITY POSITIVE income £4.2m
• BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES income £275k

Side by side with its peers

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