GASWORKS DOCK PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1141523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GDP

GDP was set up as a community led regeneration vehicle for Cody Dock and provides: Facilities for schools, universities, charities, community groups for education/training about the LLVs ecology, heritage and waterways. Providing amenities that promote greater use of the Lea. Promotes arts and crafts ,Community gardens, Docklands Community Boat ,Moorings and studio spaces

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE REGENERATION OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM, THE LOWER LEA VALLEY AND THE THAMES GATEWAY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE2 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS3 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES4 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AREA BY THE CREATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM5 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES6 THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND OF CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION7 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AND WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE8. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RESPECT OF THE NATION?S WATERWAYS AND THE ECOLOGY OF THE LOCAL AREA SURROUNDING CODY DOCK AND TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF ARE PUBLISHED. 9. THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WAYS THAT FURTHER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM, THE LOWER LEA VALLEY AND THE THAMES GATEWAY

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has small positive unrestricted reserves of £15,010, following a transfer of fixed asset values from restricted income. The trustees report that the charity is heavily reliant on grants and donations, with unrestricted free reserves currently in deficit relative to the stated policy target of three months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

What the charity says about itself (2021-22)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Marcus Mackenzie — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund — “This project was funded by the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund:” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marcus MacKenziechair
• Bianca Mawani
• Martin Torres
• Oladapo Oyodele Akanni Asuni
• Oyetade Oyebode
• Timothy Vaughan

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

Operates in: Hackney · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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