CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE EAST LONDON

Registered charity 1070468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE IN STRATFORD EAST LONDON, DISCOVER

Discover provides creative play and learning opportunities for children aged between 0 - 11 years old and their carers that help transform lives through stories. Discover operates a centre in Stratford, East London and delivers an extensive community and education programme targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged families. Each year Discover works with over 100,000 children and adults.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 49% to £3,070,541, driven largely by a significant rise in grant income. However, the charity's free reserves decreased to £139,211, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed 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 audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,000 or more (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03479284

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Discover (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DUTHIE, Hannah Louise — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• MAREM, Lerato Krystle — director, appointed 28/01/2025not on trustee list
• ANJORIN, Ketiwe Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• HOSSAIN, Naseem — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• WHITEMAN, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 30/11/2022on trustee list
• MASSIE, Graham John — director, appointed 30/11/2022on trustee list
• TIGHE, Siobhan Marie — director, appointed 30/11/2022on trustee list
• MARKS, Alexandra Louise — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
• AGHOGHOVBIA, Oghenevese Sandra — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• STEWART, Giorgia Michelle — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• DANCE, Victoria Louise — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Joe David — director, appointed 27/01/2021on trustee list
• RAMA, Amit Hasmukhlal — director, appointed 18/07/2018on trustee list
• KHAN, Vaseem Kayani — director, appointed 18/07/2018on trustee list
• POLDING, Rebekah Anne — secretary, appointed 03/04/2023

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Louise Markschair
• Amit Hasmukhlal Rama · trustee of 1 other charity
• Giorgia Michelle Stewart
• Graham John Massie
• Hannah Louise Duthie
• Helen Elizabeth Whiteman
• Joe Robinson
• Ketiwe Anjorin
• Lerato Krystle Marema
• Naseem Hossain
• Oghenevese Aghoghovbia
• Siobhan Marie Tighe
• Vaseem Kayani Khan
• Victoria Louise Dance

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• DISCOVERU income £458k
• CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £861k
• THE DISCOVERY SAILING PROJECT income £135k
• St Christopher's Community Centre income £128k
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CENTRES income £657k
• THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) income £147k

Side by side with its peers

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