SOCIAL ACTION FOR HEALTH

Registered charity 1040496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFH

Social Action for Health is a community-based health charity providing services and support to people most affected by health inequalities. It operates in and around east London, UK.

Objects

I) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND;(II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; AND(C) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM BETTER TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 finished the year with a very small deficit of £5,648, a significant improvement on the previous year's deficit. The trustees report that the organisation is in a good cash and reserves position and is on track to return to surplus in the next financial year. They 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KARIN PAPPENHEIMchair
• Abbas Mirza
• Alex Murtough
• Alexa Carranza Gallardo
• Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen
• Gemma Campbell
• Hannah Emmett
• Joseph Coules
• Mandip Lally-Francis
• Sayad Ali
• Somaya Abdi
• Tatyana Karpinskaya

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Hackney · 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 ACTION FOR HAPPINESS.

• ACTION FOR HAPPINESS income £426k
• HEALTH ACTION income £47k
• SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH ACTION income £97k
• ACTION FOR SPORT income £38k
• COMMUNITY ACTION SUFFOLK income £2.0m
• COMMUNITY LEISURE SERVICES PARTNERSHIP income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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