EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT
Registered charity 1093390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
ELCAP is a local charitable organisation run by local people for local people providing training and educational opportunities, childcare and support as well as social and recreational activities. We work in partnership with many other organisations who complement the services we provide.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,963 for the year, with total income increasing by 31% to £402,036 against expenditure of £352,073. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £170,586, which is above the stated policy target of covering six to twelve months of unrestricted costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six and 12 months (held: £171k)
“ELCAP’s policy is that unrestricted reserves should be at a sufficient level to cover the future unrestricted costs of the charity for a period of between six and 12 months.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Ashleigh Ivison is the daughter of employee Mick Trevitt. The employee was in post before the trustee was appointed. The trustee takes no part in personal decisions made.
“The trustee Ashleigh Ivison is the daughter of employee Mick Trevitt. The employee was in post before the trustee was appointed. The trustee takes no part in personal decisions made.” — page 21
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.
- KULAPPU GAMAGE, Priyashanka — director, appointed 06/11/2025not on trustee list
- MURPHY, Ian — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
- EMBLETON, Janice — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
- WHITE, Kay Louise — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
- WATERSTON, Susan — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
- CLEARY, Linda — director, appointed 25/05/2018on trustee list
- GEDDIS, David William — director, appointed 25/05/2018on trustee list
- TODD, Donald Thomas — director, appointed 16/10/2003on trustee list
- NEWTON, Shaun — secretary, appointed 07/03/2024
Official officers record.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- DONALD TODD
- David William Geddis
- Ian Murphy
- Janice Embleton
- Kay Louise White · trustee of 2 other charities
- Linda Cleary
- Priyashanka Kulappu Gamage
- RITA GREY
- Susan Waterston
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Durham · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,963 for the year, with total income increasing by 31% to £402,036 against expenditure of £352,073. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £170,586, which is above the stated policy target of covering six to twelve months of unrestricted costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT as a grant recipient include THE RANK FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, THE JOICEY TRUST.
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