WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1049485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operates Britannia Village Hall including children's play area.Runs and supports community activities.Distributes free newsletter locally about charity/voluntary activities.Assists local community with consultation on planning and social issues.

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Latest income

£756k

Latest spending

£746k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,662 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £459,518. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £265,237 represent approximately four months of total expenditure, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial stability and cover management costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months of total expenditure (held: £265k)

“A minimum level of free reserves equating to between three and six months of total expenditure is considered sufficient to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to emergency needs which arise from time to time.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Britannia Village General Management Company Limited contributes £57,093 from residents' service charge towards running costs of Britannia Village Hall. F Cantle, a trustee, was a director of BVGMC until December 2024.

“Britannia Village General Management company Limited (BVGMC) manages the estate where Britannia Village Hall (BVH) is situated and contributes £57,093 from the residents’ service charge towards the running costs of BVH.” — page 6

“Royal Docks Community Church hires the Britannia Village Hall for activities on Sundays and during the week. The CEO and J H Lee are trustees of Royal Docks Community Church.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Royal Docks Community Church hires Britannia Village Hall. The CEO and J H Lee (trustee) are trustees of the Church.

“Britannia Village General Management company Limited (BVGMC) manages the estate where Britannia Village Hall (BVH) is situated and contributes £57,093 from the residents’ service charge towards the running costs of BVH.” — page 6

“Royal Docks Community Church hires the Britannia Village Hall for activities on Sundays and during the week. The CEO and J H Lee are trustees of Royal Docks Community Church.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Salaries paid to family members of trustees/key management: C Lee (spouse of J H Lee) and D Fernandes (spouse of H Fernandes).

“Britannia Village General Management company Limited (BVGMC) manages the estate where Britannia Village Hall (BVH) is situated and contributes £57,093 from the residents’ service charge towards the running costs of BVH.” — page 6

“Royal Docks Community Church hires the Britannia Village Hall for activities on Sundays and during the week. The CEO and J H Lee are trustees of Royal Docks Community Church.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£756k

Total spending

£746k

Reserves (reported)

£373k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Deborah Dray
Florence Lai Kwan Cantle
Hannah Tulloch
Jack Courtney
Lara Ballin · trustee of 1 other charity
Mohammad Sarfaraz Ninad
Oleksandr Pavlov
Rajeev Kumar
Rupesh Bhudia
Zeeshan Ahmed

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£756k	£746k
31/03/2024	£722k	£801k
31/03/2023	£874k	£867k
31/03/2022	£737k	£721k
31/03/2021	£489k	£405k

Common questions

Is WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,662 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £459,518. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £265,237 represent approximately four months of total expenditure, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial stability and cover management costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Holiday Activities for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£9k	Summer Activities for Young People

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/05/2024	£20k	Family Plus Project
City Bridge Foundation	28/10/2022	£98k	Grant to West Silvertown Foundation
Greater London Authority	25/07/2022	£7k	Silvertown Events – West Silvertown Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2021	£10k	Migrant community integration and support project
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/01/2019	£10k	Celebrate Britannia!
City Bridge Foundation	28/06/2017	£2k	Eco audit to West Silvertown Foundation
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2005	£1k	"The West Silvertown Village Community Foundation Will Use Their Award To Hold An Educational Reminiscence Project To Commemorate The 60th An"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST.

WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k
SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST income £109k
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY income £53k
WOTTON COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £229k
BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
NASH VILLAGE HALL income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	£756k	—	within	—	no doubt
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST FY2025	£282k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	above	—	no doubt
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY FY2025	£53k	—	above	—	no doubt
WOTTON COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025	£229k	—	unclear	—	noted
BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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