DOCKLANDS OUTREACH COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1071838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOC, DOCKLANDS OUTREACH

Docklands Outreach is a health and preventative social inclusion agency providing comprehensive services to young people, children and families. We work with those who are affected by social, mental or physical issues that can lead to risk of harm by providing therapeutic and practical support.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS IN EAST LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE FREE PROVISION OF ADVICE, CARE, COUNSELLING, DELIVERY OF INFORMATION, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, SERVICES, TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL, PREVENTATIVE AND HARM MINIMISATION PROGRAMMES IN THE FIELDS OF DRUGS AND DRUG MIS-USE, SEXUAL HEALTH (INCLUDING HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND OTHER RELATED SOCIAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ISSUES.

Area of benefit: EAST LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total incoming resources of £606,626 and total resources expended of £424,411, resulting in a net income for the year of £182,215. Per the trustees' report, the charity has achieved its reserves policy target of six months' salary coverage, holding unrestricted funds of £301,603 against a policy based on meeting redundancy and contingency costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASHWANI SHARMAchair
• Dr JOSEPH DAVID CULLEN
• EDWARD DUNCAN CHARLES
• Selina Asombang · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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