EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT

Registered charity 1067474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELOP

LGBT mental health & wellbeing charity offering a range of support services, incl. counselling, crisis prevention & intervention support, workshops, support groups, events, and youth, schools & befriending programmes, plus LGBT voice, consultation, awareness raising, education programmes, and training services to professionals, education services, non-profit, public health & corporate sectors.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£671k

Latest spending

£474k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £196,863 and holds unrestricted reserves of £912,668, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of holding 3-6 months of core funding. The charity reports no current financial risks, though it acknowledges the difficult funding climate and is taking measures to mitigate future difficulties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One member of staff was paid more than £60,000.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One member of staff was paid more than £60,000.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3-6 months of core funding (held: £913k)

“Our reserves policy is that we should be working towards holding 3-6 months of reserves to demonstrate our sustainability and be able to cover the equivalent of 3-6 months of core funding at any one time.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income

£671k

Total spending

£474k

Reserves (reported)

£913k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~23.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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

SARAH JULIA HUMPHREYS MA, PGCSEchair
Christine Ruth Lehmann
DAVID PEARSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Lewis Allett
Matthew Owen Davies
Susan Carole Baines
Victoria Amabel Kiera Fox

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£671k	£474k
31/03/2024	£652k	£448k
31/03/2023	£472k	£398k
31/03/2022	£488k	£383k
31/03/2021	£452k	£314k

Common questions

Is EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £196,863 and holds unrestricted reserves of £912,668, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of holding 3-6 months of core funding. The charity reports no current financial risks, though it acknowledges the difficult funding climate and is taking measures to mitigate future difficulties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DWF FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	24/02/2026	£167k	Grant to East London Out Project (elop)
London Borough of Hackney	20/04/2023	£20k	Grant to East London Out Project
Hackney Council	20/04/2023	£20k	Grant to East London Out Project
Greater London Authority	03/04/2023	£106k	East London Out Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2022	£500k	LGBT+ Counselling Service
London Borough of Hackney	13/05/2022	£20k	Grant to East London Out Project
Hackney Council	13/05/2022	£20k	Grant to East London Out Project
City Bridge Foundation	17/06/2020	£99k	Grant to East London Out Project
Thrive LDN	16/03/2020	£8k	LGBT Aslyum Seekers Support Service
City Bridge Foundation	22/09/2016	£147k	Grant to East London Out Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/11/2015	£10k	Project Rainbow Wellbeing: LGBT Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2012	£10k	LGBT Family Pride
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/11/2009	£9k	Rainbow Consultation
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/05/2005	£5k	Central Heating and Furniture Purchase

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
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	2	£73k
CHRYSALIS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT NETWORK	1	£477k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	1	£455k
AGE UK	1	£261k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£116k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	1	£80k
BOLTON TOGETHER	1	£44k
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POSITIVE EAST.

POSITIVE EAST income £1.9m
EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING income £2.8m
THE PROUD TRUST LTD income £944k
South East London Mind Limited income £8.3m
BEYOND REFLECTIONS income £158k
EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT	£671k	Over £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
POSITIVE EAST FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PROUD TRUST LTD FY2025	£944k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
South East London Mind Limited FY2025	£8.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	within	0.6%	no doubt
BEYOND REFLECTIONS FY2025	£158k	—	0	within	0.0%	no doubt

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