COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK

Registered charity 1123534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

??? 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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2026

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.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2026£19kHealth and Wellbeing of Ex-British Gurkha Veterans
City Bridge Foundation01/10/2024£17kGrant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK
City Bridge Foundation08/03/2023£33kGrant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2021£10kCOVID-19 Recovery and Support for Ex-British Gurkha Older People
UK government30/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government14/08/2020£9kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£60kCommunity Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK (Development Grant)
City Bridge Foundation14/03/2018£70kGrant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£251kGreenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Intergration Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2012£253kGreenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Integration Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/04/2010£49k"Greenwich Nepalese Integration Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2009£10kNepalese Elderly Peoples Consultation Project

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK£42k——unclear—no doubt
YOUR HELPING HANDS FY2026£30k——unclear—no doubt
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
ENDERUN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£133k——unclear—no doubt
POTTEN END PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025£154k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUL KITCHEN CHESTER FY2026£129k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.