NEWHAM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1106644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education in the London Borough of Newham by providing learning facilities to enable the education of young people and mature students.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING LEARNING FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES THAT ENABLE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND MATURE STUDENTS.

Area of benefit: NEWHAM, GREATER LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£305k

Latest spending

£853k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £548,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £7,125,000. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, relying on ongoing support from its parent organisations, Newham College of Further Education and the London Borough of Newham, to cover operating costs and maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Licence fee income from NCFE and LBN (100% of income)

“The charity has one principal funding source in the period: Licence fee income from NCFE and LBN to advance education in LBN by providing learning facilities and programmes that enable the education of young and mature students.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £7.1m; policy: not required)

“RESERVES POLICY This charity is associated with the provision of a site for NCFE and LBN and forms part of the group of NCFE. It is dependent upon those organisations for support which do so in order to carry out their wider role through the site. As such, the need for reserves is not required but instead the ongoing support of the two organisations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Judith Abbott
Jamie Purser

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£305k	£853k
31/07/2024	£305k	£846k
31/07/2023	£290k	£830k
31/07/2022	£223k	£764k
31/07/2021	£177k	£717k

Common questions

Is NEWHAM FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £548,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £7,125,000. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, relying on ongoing support from its parent organisations, Newham College of Further Education and the London Borough of Newham, to cover operating costs and maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£113k
CHLOE'S AND SOPHIE'S SPECIAL EARS FUND	1	£107k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£95k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£66k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£39k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£30k
SMALLWOOD TRUST	1	£30k
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWHAM MUSIC TRUST.

NEWHAM MUSIC TRUST income £1.4m
NEWHAM COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAMME LIMITED income £2.1m
NEWHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT income £449k
NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CENTRE income £112k
Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation income £210k
ONE NEWHAM income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWHAM FOUNDATION	£305k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NEWHAM MUSIC TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWHAM COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAMME LIMITED FY2025	£2.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025	£449k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CENTRE FY2025	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation FY2025	£210k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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