TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE

Registered charity 1059773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARENTS'CENTRE

ESOL, Literacy and Numeracy Classes,Representing children in admission appeals, disciplinary and exclusion hearings,Parenting Skills Courses, Saturday and Sunday Homework Clubs,Educational Advice and Information,Summer Holiday Programme,Annual Parents+ö+ç+û Conference,Educational Workshops

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Latest income
£138k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £0, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of resources expended (£31,643). The trustees note that actual reserves were £31,643 less than the target figure and are actively pursuing funding to ensure financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The actual reserves as at 31 March 2025 was £31,643 less than our target figure. In calculating the reserves, the trustees have excluded from total funds the restricted income funds (£29,024).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£138k£127k
31/03/2024£74k£97k
31/03/2023£81k£91k
31/03/2022£75k£81k
31/03/2021£100k£101k

Common questions

Is TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £0, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of resources expended (£31,643). The trustees note that actual reserves were £31,643 less than the target figure and are actively pursuing funding to ensure financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited Chartered Accountants.

Who funds TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2024£19kOlder People & Housing
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£18kOlder People & Housing Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2023£18kOlder People & Housing
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcosts of a summer activities programme for ethnic minority children living in the London borough
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kRuns a parents’ centre in Brick Lane.
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2022£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2025£20kTHPC Elders Outreach Project
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£10kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kHealth and Wellbeing for Disadvantaged Women
City Bridge Foundation25/04/2023£48kGrant to Tower Hamlets Parents Centre
The Mercers' Company01/12/2021£54kGrant to Tower Hamlets Parents Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kICT Classes for Disadvantaged Women
City Bridge Foundation22/12/2016£28kGrant to Tower Hamlets Parents Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2015£396kHealth Matters 2
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2011£243kHealth Matters
City Bridge Foundation21/01/2010£37kGrant to Tower Hamlets Parents Centre

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£186k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY1£5k
LONDON CATALYST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOWER HAMLETS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE£138k—0below—no doubt
TOWER HAMLETS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
EARLY YEARS NETWORK TOWER HAMLETS FY2025£413k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST PLACE CHILDREN AND PARENTS' CENTRE LTD FY2025£3.5m£60,001 - £70,0001below0.0%no doubt
THE PARENT HOUSE TRUST FY2025£374kmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt

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