EARLY YEARS NETWORK TOWER HAMLETS

Registered charity 1110092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOWER HAMLETS PLAYGROUPS AND UNDER 5S ASSOCIATION

We offer capacity building support to early years groups in the voluntary sector in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. We also run a full day care provision.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE, WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,670 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £678,569. The unrestricted reserves stood at £568,181, which the trustees note is essential for managing uncertainty and maintaining stability. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting 12–18 months of annual expenditure to cover liabilities and absorb setbacks.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05384205

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.

• BRAY-ASH, Dolores Josephine Mary Frances — director, appointed 07/03/2005not on trustee list
• DOOLEY, Lorraine — director, appointed 07/03/2005not on trustee list
• MAY, Kim Theresa — director, appointed 07/03/2005on trustee list
• MCCORMACK, Tracy Patricia — director, appointed 07/03/2005on trustee list
• CHAIWALLA, Shahista — secretary, appointed 19/12/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOLORES BRAY ASH
• KIM THERESA MAY
• LORRAINE DOOLEY MBE
• TRACY PATRICIA MCCORMACK

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOWER HAMLETS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.

• TOWER HAMLETS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP income £1.3m
• TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS CENTRE income £138k
• THE GRIFFIN COMMUNITY TRUST income £152k
• VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC income £140k
• THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• TOWER HAMLETS YOUTH LEAGUE UNITED income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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