LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1138756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (LDC)

The current main activities of the charity are:1) Supplementary education classes for disadvantaged children and young people aged 5 -18 2) Extracurricular Activities (sport activities & nutritional & healthy eating lessons)3) Home-language classes with ethical lessons;4) Drop-in advice & information provision/communityevents;5) Partnership/networking & safeguarding training/workshops

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISADVANTAGED ETHNIC MINORITY PARENTS AND CARERS BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;B) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH;C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHERLEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIALCIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.2. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTOF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES ANDCAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUALS.3. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) THE PROMOTION OF COMPUTER RE-USE, RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING;B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, WASTEMANAGEMENT AND WASTE RECYCLING.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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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Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£52k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was sustainable with an annual turnover of £56,097. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,150, which exceeds its stated policy target of 5% of total income (£2,805). The filing was subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: John Lyons Charity (45% of income)

“The main financial sources of the last financial year were: 1) John Lyons Charity: 44.74%”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07303004

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

GETA, Azeb Mengistu — director, appointed 09/05/2019on trustee list
TEKA, Abebe — director, appointed 09/05/2019on trustee list
TESFU, Sara — director, appointed 15/12/2017on trustee list
JEMAW, Muluberhan Siyoum — director, appointed 21/12/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/07/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Abebe Teka
Azeb Geta
ELIZABETH MULATU
Muluberhan Jemaw
Sara Tesfu

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

Operates in: Brent · Camden · City Of Westminster · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£56k	£52k
31/03/2024	£51k	£56k
31/03/2023	£63k	£60k
31/03/2022	£33k	£38k
31/03/2021	£44k	£31k

Common questions

Is LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position was sustainable with an annual turnover of £56,097. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,150, which exceeds its stated policy target of 5% of total income (£2,805). The filing was subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/12/2011	£9k	ICT For All