THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1100271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLAMIS ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

To provide a safe and stimulating space for young people in East London. To encourage child development by placing children at the centre of what we do. Also to support local families and parents and encourage all parts of our community to come together. This is achieved through the provision of various projects and activities run from our open access adventure playground.

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Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£120k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves have fallen below the trustees' target policy of three months of expenditure, creating a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Despite this, the trustees have implemented a recovery plan and maintain a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to operate for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £14k; policy: three to six months of total annual expenditure)
“the charity's free reserves have fallen below our target policy of three months”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“This represents a considerable concern regarding our status as a going concem and indicates the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Glamis Adventure Playground (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£117k£120k
31/03/2024£114k£128k
31/03/2023£119k£145k
31/03/2022£139k£127k
31/03/2021£112k£116k

Common questions

Is THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves have fallen below the trustees' target policy of three months of expenditure, creating a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Despite this, the trustees have implemented a recovery plan and maintain a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to operate for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA, TOWER HILL TRUST, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2025£10k
TOWER HILL TRUSTFY2024£7kTo pay for urgent works to the adventure playground equipment, which included demolishing the large two-story structure at the back of the playground and buildi
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kOur Time
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£4kWorkshops and outdoor activities for children
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUSTFY2024£3kGrow, Cook Eat! project
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2024£19kVenture Outside
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£9kMH- Go for It Youth Project
City Bridge Foundation25/08/2021£26kGrant to Shadwell Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2021£166kMy Right to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kCome Out to Play Again
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2018£10kTools for Life
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2017£9kIt's OK to Help in Shadwell: 2017
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2015£9kLife-Skills Summer Fun
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2015£300kShadwell Families: Healthy and Active
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2011£10kAll Our Children Together
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£158kOutreach and Inclusion

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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 E L M V SHADWELL BASIN PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT£117k—0below—material uncertainty
E L M V SHADWELL BASIN PROJECT FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
SHAKESPEARE WALK ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOUTHCOURT AND WALTON COURT COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
ST CHAD'S COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£766k—0unclear—no doubt

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