EASE EMPOWERING ACTION AND SOCIAL ESTEEM LIMITED

Registered charity 1098965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

EASEs Mission - Improve individual, family and community wellbeingEASEs Vision - A resilient, united communityEASE provides services and activities for children, young people and adults toIncrease personal skills and improve life circumstancesReduce isolationIncrease community cohesionTo achieveImproved confidence and self esteem, networks and work and life skills.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGHS OF EALING, HOUNSLOW, BRENT, HARROW, HILLINGDON

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£181k
Latest spending
£247k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £295,000 in unrestricted funds, with £147,000 in free reserves representing approximately seven months of operating expenditure, which aligns with the Trustees' policy of maintaining six to nine months of reserves. Despite a planned reduction in income following the conclusion of the Hanwell Big Local programme, the Trustees report that the charity remains financially stable and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between six and nine months of operating expenditure (held: £147k)
“The Trustees' policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to between six and nine months of operating expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Ealing · Harrow · Hillingdon · Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£181k£247k
31/03/2025£475k£381k
31/03/2024£353k£339k
31/03/2023£324k£256k
31/03/2022£211k£194k

Common questions

Is EASE EMPOWERING ACTION AND SOCIAL ESTEEM LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £295,000 in unrestricted funds, with £147,000 in free reserves representing approximately seven months of operating expenditure, which aligns with the Trustees' policy of maintaining six to nine months of reserves. Despite a planned reduction in income following the conclusion of the Hanwell Big Local programme, the Trustees report that the charity remains financially stable and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2026£499kThe Refresh Project
The Mercers' Company07/05/2025£53kGrant to EASE (Empowering Action and Social Esteem) Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2006£5kYouth Workers

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EASE EMPOWERING ACTION AND SOCIAL ESTEEM LIMITED£181k——within—no doubt
EASST FY2025£590k——below—no doubt
EGLISE ARMEE DES VAINQUEURS "EAV" FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY INITIATIVES LTD FY2025£912k—0above—no doubt
SHEWISE FY2024£122k—0unclear—no doubt
YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD FY2025£578k—0unclear—no doubt

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