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STIFFORD CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1140716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STIFFORD CENTRE, STIFFORD CENTRE LIIMITED

Stifford provides a diversity of structured and comprehensive range of services including Health awareness, fitness and wellbeing; Information, Advice & Guidance; Education, Employment & Training; Youth Activities; Study Support; Supplementary School; Women?s Empowerment Programme; Older People?s Services; Volunteering Programme; Digital Literacy Training; Community Cohesion Programme.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE, ENHANCE AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INDIVIDUALS, AND IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN LOCAL URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION AREAS, OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN GREATER LONDON AND/OR SURROUNDING AREAS IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, SEX OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, POLITICAL OR OTHER SOCIAL GROUP.2) BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS3) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY).

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£165k
Latest spending
£201k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,384 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing from £308,405 to £273,021. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite recognizing the need to strengthen and diversify funding sources. The organization maintains a reserves policy target of 6 months of annual expenditure, though the current unrestricted reserves are below this stated minimum level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of the annual expenditure (held: £273k)
“The executive committee members consider it prudent to maintain an adequate level of reserves to cover the charity’s contractual commitments and to provide a secure base for the future and have set this at a minimum level of 6 months of the annual expenditure.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Government income: £73,800 — grants £73,800 (4); 45% of the £165,232 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 23
  • Government income: £107,882 — contracts £10,400 (1), grants £97,482 (5); 50% of the £216,491 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 23
  • Government income: £172,821 — contracts £24,300 (1), grants £148,521 (5); 86% of the £201,508 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

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.

CQC provider record: Stifford Centre Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£165k£201k
31/03/2024£216k£222k
31/03/2023£202k£208k
31/03/2022£306k£304k
31/03/2021£354k£325k

Common questions

Is STIFFORD CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,384 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing from £308,405 to £273,021. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite recognizing the need to strengthen and diversify funding sources. The organization maintains a reserves policy target of 6 months of annual expenditure, though the current unrestricted reserves are below this stated minimum level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STIFFORD CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STIFFORD CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kPromotion of COVID Vaccine
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£7kSkills and employment project for residents

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2025£80kStifford Youth Empowerment Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2025£20kEastend Climate Ambassadors Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2024£20kBAME Cost-of-Living Support Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH - Youth Innit
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2022£9kEastend Platinum Jubilee Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2016£342kWomen's Empowerment Programme (WEP)
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2014£10kPromoting Increased Participation and Cohesion via a Stepney Green Fai

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST1£63k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION1£30k
HOMELESS LINK1£25k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£20k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION1£17k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k
ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STIFFORD CENTRE LIMITED£165k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FY2026£60k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHELFORD AND STAPLEFORD YOUTH INITIATIVE FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£995k—0unclear—no doubt
THEFDF FY2026£66k——unclear—no doubt
SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT FY2025£769k—0within—no doubt

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