COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK
??? Support, advice and signposting to various services??? Case work support??? Welfare rights advice and information??? Capacity building and fundraising support??? Partnership working with relevant organisations, groups and bodies??? Promoting community cohesion??? Community empowerment??? Cultural awareness and preservation??? Policy campaign
Objects
1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION3) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION4) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY, AND6) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report for the financial year ending 31 March 2026. It confirms that the examination was conducted in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that no material matters were identified that would suggest the financial statements do not comply with applicable requirements. The report does not contain specific financial figures, reserves data, or narrative commentary on the charity's financial health beyond the assurance provided by the examiner.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026
- Volunteers: 5
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £41,665 — grants £41,665 (2); 88% of the £47,274 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 10
- Grant-making is its main activity
Funders the charity credits
- Greenwich Council
- Heritage Lottery Fund
Trustees
- Yam Bahadur Rayachair
- Arka Raj Timsina
- CHAKRA RANA
- LAXMAN SAH
- Om Prakash Deo
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £42k | £53k |
| 31/03/2025 | £47k | £32k |
| 31/03/2024 | £18k | £29k |
| 31/03/2023 | £14k | £48k |
| 31/03/2022 | £32k | £51k |
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report for the financial year ending 31 March 2026. It confirms that the examination was conducted in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that no material matters were identified that would suggest the financial statements do not comply with applicable requirements. The report does not contain specific financial figures, reserves data, or narrative commentary on the charity's financial health beyond the assurance provided by the examiner. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/09/2026 | £19k | Health and Wellbeing of Ex-British Gurkha Veterans |
| City Bridge Foundation | 01/10/2024 | £17k | Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK |
| City Bridge Foundation | 08/03/2023 | £33k | Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/01/2021 | £10k | COVID-19 Recovery and Support for Ex-British Gurkha Older People |
| UK government | 30/09/2020 | £9k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| UK government | 14/08/2020 | £9k | VSCE CMC Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/05/2019 | £60k | Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK (Development Grant) |
| City Bridge Foundation | 14/03/2018 | £70k | Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/05/2016 | £251k | Greenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Intergration Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/11/2012 | £253k | Greenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Integration Project |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/04/2010 | £49k | "Greenwich Nepalese Integration Project" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/09/2009 | £10k | Nepalese Elderly Peoples Consultation Project |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| Point North Community Foundation | 1 | £13k |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, CHICHESTER | 1 | £705 |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK | £42k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YOUR HELPING HANDS | £30k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST | £217k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ENDERUN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £133k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| POTTEN END PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION | £154k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SOUL KITCHEN CHESTER | £129k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |