EASTSIDE COMMUNITY HERITAGE
Registered charity 1071668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECH, EASTSIDE
To record, document and preserve the peoples history of east and south east london, to provide educational activities and community history projects, to provide historical, social and cultural research
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £34,556 for the year, with total income decreasing to £173,262 from £214,857 in the prior year. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that free/unrestricted reserves of £237,879 secure the immediate future of the charity for the next 12 months. The organization aims to increase turnover to approximately £250,000 and diversify its funding base to reduce reliance on short-term project grants.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between six and eight months’ expenditure (held: £238k)
“It is the policy of the charitable company that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between six and eight months’ expenditure.” — 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.
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.
- ANGEL, Ruth Yetta — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- JACOBS, Stephen Melvyn Edward — director, appointed 31/01/2023not on trustee list
- JONES, Gary John — director, appointed 31/01/2023on trustee list
- SALEEM, Taskin — director, appointed 14/04/2022on trustee list
- MONTGOMERY, Liam — director, appointed 25/10/2021on trustee list
- TRELEAVEN, Emma Louise — director, appointed 25/10/2021not on trustee list
- GARFIELD, Judith Anne Naomi — secretary, appointed 16/03/2001
Official officers record.
- Elaine Norman
- Emma Louise Trelwaven
- Gary Jones
- Liam Montgomery
- Ruth Yetta Angel
- Stephen Jacobs OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Taskin Saleem
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Greenwich · Hackney · Haringey · Lewisham · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EASTSIDE COMMUNITY HERITAGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £34,556 for the year, with total income decreasing to £173,262 from £214,857 in the prior year. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that free/unrestricted reserves of £237,879 secure the immediate future of the charity for the next 12 months. The organization aims to increase turnover to approximately £250,000 and diversify its funding base to reduce reliance on short-term project grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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