AVENUES EAST
Registered charity 1061241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARNING THROUGH LEISURE, OPTUA, OPTUA (EAST ANGLIA), RETHINK DISABILITY
Avenues East is part of a Group of charities which pioneer specialist social care supporting people facing significant disadvantage through illness and disability so they can live full lives in their local communities. We also support adults and children in their own homes or residential settings who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues, acquired brain injury or dementia.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £729k, resulting in accumulated funds showing a deficit of £1,106k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds are negative £1,278k, meaning there are no free reserves, although the Group maintains a reserve policy target of £1.5m.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £1.5m
“the board have concluded a target for Group free reserves of £1.5m.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £16.1m
“A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out at 30 September 2023. This valuation showed assets of £514.9m, liabilities of £531.0m and a deficit of £16.1m.” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- HUI, Luis — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
- STONER, Lauren Raina — director, appointed 29/03/2022not on trustee list
- BROWN, Alistair Gordon — director, appointed 23/03/2021on trustee list
- GILVARRY, Evlynne — director, appointed 04/02/2020not on trustee list
- RICH, Terence Andrew — director, appointed 04/02/2020on trustee list
- FORD, Nicola — director, appointed 09/10/2019on trustee list
- LAND, Joanne — director, appointed 09/10/2019on trustee list
- OSMAN, Lauren Jean — secretary, appointed 18/07/2023
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
CQC provider record: Avenues East — Registered, 11 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Mandalay: Requires improvement (24/01/2024) · CQC record
- Avenues East - Services: Good (01/05/2020) · CQC record
- Avenues East - West Midlands: Good (22/11/2018) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Shropshire · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AVENUES EAST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £729k, resulting in accumulated funds showing a deficit of £1,106k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds are negative £1,278k, meaning there are no free reserves, although the Group maintains a reserve policy target of £1.5m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.
Who funds AVENUES EAST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AVENUES EAST as a grant recipient include The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.
Known funders
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