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Eastside Educational Trust

Registered charity 1077192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST SIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, EAST-SIDE PRODUCTIONS

Eastside Educational Trust is an arts and education charity which was established in 1994 to engage and educate young people, through direct participation in the arts, culture and media. We want to inspire all young Londoners to develop their potential, share their talents and enrich their lives by enabling young people to work with arts professionals, in areas where our help is needed most.

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Latest income
£577k
Latest spending
£604k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted a net deficit of £26,498 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £402,686. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover unexpected costs and is actively pursuing a new fundraising strategy and property equity release to ensure it can meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024 – One employee).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024 – One employee).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' support costs (£45k) (held: £403k)
“The trustees propose to work towards maintaining the charity's reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to three months’ support costs (£45k)” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“the trustees are satisfied that the planned fundraising activities, increased desk rental income and property equity release options, either individually or in combination, provide a reasonable expectation the charity will have adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to subsidiary
“During the year, the charity received £51,000 (2024 - £51,000) from Eastside Resource Management Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, for rent. It also received a donation of £15,000 (2024 - £6,000). The Charity made payments to the trading arm Eastside Resource Management of £17,280 for service charges (2024 - £17,280). At the balance sheet date, the charity is owed £11,240 (2024 - £1,140) by the trading subsidiary. Laura Mariah Herman (trustee and employee at Adobe) made total donations of £3,982 (2024 - £3,081) during the year, consisting of a personal donation of £100 (2024 - £1,000) and additional donations totalling £3,882 (2024 - £2,081) were received via Adobe's giving portal (Benevity) to reflect Laura's time on the board plus additional donations to offer general support to Eastside. Ankit Anand is a trustee and employee at Amazon. Amazon made total donations of £0 (2024 - £7,000) during the year to reflect Ankit’s position on the board plus additional donations to offer general support to Eastside.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Eastside Resource Management Limited
“In January 2019, Eastside Educational Trust (EET) established a trading subsidiary company, Eastside Resource Management Limited (ERM Ltd) to take on the effective running of the building’s activities including meeting room, equipment and desk space hire.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eastside (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 · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£577k
Total spending
£604k
Cost of raising funds
£64k
Reserves (reported)
£38k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 11.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£577k£604k
31/08/2024£649k£655k
31/08/2023£537k£576k
31/08/2022£691k£657k
31/08/2021£673k£681k

Common questions

Is Eastside Educational Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a net deficit of £26,498 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £402,686. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover unexpected costs and is actively pursuing a new fundraising strategy and property equity release to ensure it can meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of Eastside Educational Trust earn?

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

Who funds Eastside Educational Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Eastside Educational Trust as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust, THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Portal TrustFY2025£15kSPOKEN WORD POWER: Lambeth Pilot
THE HARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£7kArt

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/02/2022£72k"Celebrating Eastside's Heritage - 30 years of nurturing youth creativity"
City Bridge Foundation28/01/2015£2kGrant to Eastside Educational Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2008£10kHackney Family Learning Programme

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£205k
THE DOOUSS CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS1£71k
FEEDING BRISTOL1£52k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE NISBET TRUST1£37k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST EGHAM1£24k
EQUIPPERS CHURCH1£22k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EAST TO WEST TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Eastside Educational Trust£577kmore than £60,0001unclear—noted
THE EAST TO WEST TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
EASTERN RAVENS TRUST FY2025£317k—0below—no doubt
BARNET EDUCATION ARTS TRUST FY2025£2.0m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£213k—0unclear—no doubt

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