SETPOINT LONDON EAST

Registered charity 1073086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SATRO NORTH LONDON

To advance public education within science, technology and the environment for young people of statutory school age in the East London Boroughs and surrounding areas.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION WITHIN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE IN THE NORTH LONDON BOROUGHS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: NORTH LONDON BOROUGHS 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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £1,958 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net liabilities of £2,051. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to reliance on securing future funding, although they maintain a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of reserves (reserves figure: −£2k)
“We hope to move towards 6 months of reserves within the next 12-24 months.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“However, there remain plausible scenarios in which sufficient future funding may not be secured. These circumstances may represent a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2024 (received 31/07/2025, 1 day after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 25/09/2023, 57 days after the 30/07/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Setpoint London East at the Soanes Centre (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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£55k£57k
30/09/2024£38k£63k
30/09/2023£63k£59k
30/09/2022£40k£52k
30/09/2021£52k£39k

Common questions

Is SETPOINT LONDON EAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £1,958 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net liabilities of £2,051. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to reliance on securing future funding, although they maintain a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SETPOINT LONDON EAST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SETPOINT LONDON EAST as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust, TOWER HILL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Portal TrustFY2024£8kForest School @ the Soanes Centre
The Portal TrustFY2023£5kForest School @ the Soanes Centre
TOWER HILL TRUSTFY2022£5kto subsidise hands-on science workshops for primary schools in the west of Tower Hamlets.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government09/10/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
City Bridge Foundation30/10/2013£40kGrant to SETPOINT London East
City Bridge Foundation20/10/2011£10kGrant to SETPOINT London East

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON EDUCATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SETPOINT LONDON EAST£55k—0unclear—material uncertainty
LONDON EDUCATION TRUST FY2024£231k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWHAM FOUNDATION FY2025£305k—0below—no doubt
THE SAFE START FOUNDATION FY2025£69k——within—noted
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2026£2.8m——above—no doubt
EAST KENT EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LTD FY2024£338—0unclear—no doubt

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