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

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

1991

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.9m

Cost of raising funds

£319k

Reserves (reported)

£618k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; 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

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2024	£2.5m	£1.8m
31/03/2023	£1.8m	£1.8m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£1.4m	£1.4m

Common questions

Who funds POSITIVE EAST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POSITIVE EAST as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, WANDSWORTH OASIS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2024	£74k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2025	£20k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2024	£10k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£6k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
WANDSWORTH OASIS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED	FY2025	£3k
TOWER HILL TRUST	FY2024	£1k
BC Partners Foundation	FY2023	£150

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/06/2026	£198k	"UK AIDS Quilt partnership"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/12/2014	£52k	"30 Years of living with HIV"