ASCENSION COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1091887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's object and its principal activity is to work for the benefit of the public in and around the parish of the Ascension , Victoria Dock, London

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £130,302 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £470,487 from £331,141 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £23,896, which is within the stated policy target range of £18,000 to £25,000. The charity is not subject to audit under company law or the Charities Act 2011, having opted for an independent examination.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ascension Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Charities Aid Foundation — “Those currently supporting us include: Charities Aid Foundation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev DAVE CHESNEYchair
• ALISTAIR MACDONALD
• Cheryl Georgina Crombie
• Helen Fernandes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Geoffrey John Yeatts
• Rev Rebecca Jane Rogers

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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