Community Action Redbridge
Registered charity 1005075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R C V S, REDBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, REDBRIDGE CVS
Community Action Redbridge is on a mission to support strong and resilient communities where people lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We work with a diverse network of members, supporters and local communities to create positive change.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,201 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £714,764 to £678,563. The trustees confirm that the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £537,419, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £537k)
“The trustees believe that the minimum level of reserves should be the equivalent of three months operating costs (calculated and reviewed annually) in addition to all known potential liabilities.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Nordens Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jenny Ellis — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Raymond Lau — Acting Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- STORER, Paul Edward Edward — director, appointed 05/06/2025on trustee list
- HOW, Christine Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/06/2025on trustee list
- OFRANC-SAE, Maeva Aurelie — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
- LAU, Raymond Man-Sheng — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
- HOWDLE-ROWE, Roxanne Alice — director, appointed 14/03/2023on trustee list
- RAUPRICH, Susanne — director, appointed 02/12/2020on trustee list
- GARRARD, Ann Kathleen — director, appointed 13/11/2017not on trustee list
- POPAT, Harsha — director, appointed 13/11/2017not on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).
- Christine Elizabeth How
- Maeva Aurelie Ofranc-Sae
- Paul Edward Storer
- Raymond Man-Sheng Lau
- Roxanne Alice Howdle-Rowe
- Susanne Rauprich
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Redbridge
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Community Action Redbridge financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,201 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £714,764 to £678,563. The trustees confirm that the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £537,419, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nordens Audit Limited.
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