RICHMOND EAL FRIENDSHIP GROUP CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1133538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Four free informal English classes each week at various venues. Outreach advice sessions in collaboration with local service providers. Women-only swimming club. Free yoga classes. Free healthy cooking demonstrations. Regular Languages Celebration Parties. Educational trips. Art club in collaboration with local art gallery.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS, BEING PARTICULARLY FOR PERSONS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES AND ALL ADJACENT BOROUGHS ARE;1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERACY;2 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR ISOLATED BECAUSE THEY ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED, AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE, ADVOCACY, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION; AND3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, NEED, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, AGE OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES

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

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Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,681 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £19,856. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, noting that while fundraising targets were not met, income generation decreased by only 8% compared to the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Cheung
• Alexis Hatto
• Azize Gulsevil Gencturk Hangisi
• Denis Laurent Pennec
• Matilda Philippa Atkins
• Mehtap Ozceylan
• Onur Feray Donmez

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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