EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCE CENTRE
Registered charity 1114607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST EUROPEAN ADVICE CENTRE
East European Resource Centre (previously East European Advice Centre) is an independent charity offering information, advice and resources to people from Eastern Europe in the area of welfare benefits, housing, employment, debt, immigration, education and health in order to help them to make choices in lives and realise their potential as equal equal and respected members of communities.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £33,001 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,116,109 against total expenditure of £1,083,108. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintained financial stability through diverse funding sources, including statutory and independent grants, while unrestricted reserves increased to £444,274. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months expenditure plus statutory redundancy payments (held: £444k)
“The reserves policy from April 2020 prescribes ring-fencing resources necessary for two months expenditure plus statutory redundancy payments for staff eligible. It’s envisaged that the value of dissolution reserves in FY 2024-25 should be not less than £170,000.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Millet Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
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.
- BELL, Krystyna — director, appointed 22/05/2007on trustee list
- REED, Brian Phillip — director, appointed 09/11/2005on trustee list
- DRYMER, Gerarda — director, appointed 09/11/2005not on trustee list
- PAWLUCZYK, Wieslaw — director, appointed 09/11/2005on trustee list
- VADILLO, Elizabeth — director, appointed 09/11/2005on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- GERA DRYMERchair
- BRIAN REED
- ELIZABETH VADILLO
- KRYSTYNA BELL · trustee of 1 other charity
- WIESLAW PAWLUCZYK
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCE CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £33,001 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,116,109 against total expenditure of £1,083,108. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintained financial stability through diverse funding sources, including statutory and independent grants, while unrestricted reserves increased to £444,274. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Millet Audit Ltd.
Who funds EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCE CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCE CENTRE as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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