EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE
Registered charity 1122173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To promote and improve the efficiency of charities, community organisations and other regeneration bodies and to support them in direct furtherance of their respective objects through the promotion of private and public sector involvement in the economic and social improvement and development of East London.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus from unrestricted funds, strengthening its reserves to £566k, which equates to 5.2 months of core running costs. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains robust with healthy cash flows, despite economic headwinds and rising operational costs. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of covering a minimum of 3 months of core operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of core operating costs (held: £566k)
“The Trustees’ objective is for ELBA to hold unrestricted reserves to cover a minimum of 3 and ideally 6 months of core operating costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee C I Watson is a Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, which made contributions/donations.
“C I Watson, Partner CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang 20,100”
“A Rakowski, Representative of Macquarie 126,700”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee A Rakowski is a Representative of Macquarie, which made contributions/donations.
“C I Watson, Partner CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang 20,100”
“A Rakowski, Representative of Macquarie 126,700”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee K Ikram is a Representative of Accenture, which made contributions/donations.
“C I Watson, Partner CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang 20,100”
“A Rakowski, Representative of Macquarie 126,700”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: London Works Director W Carr is a Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, which made contributions/donations.
“C I Watson, Partner CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang 20,100”
“A Rakowski, Representative of Macquarie 126,700”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East London Business Alliance (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Julie Hutchinson — CEO (source)
- Chris Watson — Chairman (source)
- Mackenzie Chapman — Director (source)
- Louise Muller — Director (source)
- Kerry Peters-Taylor — Director (source)
- Andrea Rannard-Lambert — Director (source)
- Samsul Alom — Director (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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- State Street — “ELBA's Parity Project, supported by State Street, connects Young Black Men to volunteers through mentoring, networking, workshops and more, …” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (45% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- CHRISTOPHER IAN WATSONchair
- Arthur Rakowski
- HUGH MORRIS
- Kamran Ikram
- Lisa Hollins
- MARIE GABRIEL · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rob A Knight
- TERRY WALDRON FIH
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus from unrestricted funds, strengthening its reserves to £566k, which equates to 5.2 months of core running costs. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains robust with healthy cash flows, despite economic headwinds and rising operational costs. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of covering a minimum of 3 months of core operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.
Who funds EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE as a grant recipient include CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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