LAMBETH ELDERLY ASSOCIATION FROM VIETNAM

Registered charity 1030900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide day centre facilities for Vietnamese and Chinese elderly people.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS SUFFERED BY OLDER MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF ELDERLY MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY WHO LIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

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

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

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,951 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £31,160. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level equating to approximately one month of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month unrestricted expenditure (held: £14k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which equate to approximately one month unrestricted expenditure” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 21/08/2024, 203 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£34k£40k
31/03/2025£51k£32k
31/03/2024£38k£33k
31/03/2023£28k£28k
31/03/2022£17k£20k

Common questions

Is LAMBETH ELDERLY ASSOCIATION FROM VIETNAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,951 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £31,160. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level equating to approximately one month of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LAMBETH ELDERLY ASSOCIATION FROM VIETNAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LAMBETH ELDERLY ASSOCIATION FROM VIETNAM as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2023£29kA grant to employ a debts, housing and benefits advice worker
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kALL TOGETHER NOW
Sport England07/12/2023£8kThe Viet Active Project
UK government24/07/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
City Bridge Foundation28/05/2019£9kGrant to Lambeth Elderly Association from Vietnam
Sport England24/08/2018£9kActive Elders
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2013£9kThe Language and Health Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/12/2011£50k"The story of Vietnamese London"
City Bridge Foundation28/04/2011£22kGrant to Lambeth Elderly Association from Vietnam
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2010£4kThe Health Awareness Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2008£5kActive Living

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LAMBETH CHINESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LAMBETH ELDERLY ASSOCIATION FROM VIETNAM£34k—0above—no doubt
LAMBETH CHINESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£171k—0below—no doubt
COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM LAOS AND CAMBODIA FY2026£131k—0above—no doubt
TAPTONHOLME FY2025£936k—0unclear—no doubt
LASLETT'S ALMSHOUSES FY2025£142k—0below—no doubt
LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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