Spark2Life
Registered charity 1121557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GREENLEAF TRUST
General charitable activities to the local community including children, youth and adults. Operational mainly in the local area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest but also throughout london and adjacent counties.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,864 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,460,470 and expenditures of £1,457,606. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £442,198, which exceeds the stated policy target of retaining three months of operational annual expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational annual expenditure (held: £442k)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets should be retained to cover 3 months of operational annual expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Leroy Reid & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spark2Life (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tallulah — Business Development Director (source)
- Christine Giscombe — Chair of the board (source)
- Fitzroy Andrew — Deputy Chair of the board (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- CHRISTINE Giscombechair
- Adeolu Isau Solarin
- Babatunde Oyerinde
- Esther Opoku Gyeni
- Fitzroy Alphanso Andrew
- Maktuno Henry Suit
- Scott Peter Jackson
- Tobias Crosbie
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Essex · Kent · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Spark2Life financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,864 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,460,470 and expenditures of £1,457,606. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £442,198, which exceeds the stated policy target of retaining three months of operational annual expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Leroy Reid & Co.
Who funds Spark2Life?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Spark2Life as a grant recipient include THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, CAMDEN GIVING, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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