LISTENING EARS

Registered charity 1145028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Listening Ears was born from a sincere worry about increasing community isolation and loneliness. Our mission is to support marginalized individuals facing loneliness, depression, or grief. We offer a caring space for empathetic listening, creating a supportive environment. With a focus on vulnerable groups, our robust programs promote health, lifestyle improvement, and total well-being.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH’S OF GREENWICH AND NEWHAM THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FORGOING BY:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING;THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £3,182 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £29,668 and total resources expended of £26,486. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Unrestricted funds increased to £10,396, while restricted funds rose to £22,837, resulting in total net assets of £33,233.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Listening Ears (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children in Need” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• People’s Health Trust (Health Lottery) — “People’s Health Trust (Health Lottery)” (source page)
• Capital Community Foundation — “Capital Community Foundation” (source page)
• British Heart Foundation — “British Heart Foundation” (source page)
• Docklands Light Railway (Transport for London) — “Docklands Light Railway (Transport for London)” (source page)
• National Citizen Service (NCS) — “National Citizen Service (NCS)” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOSAD'OLUWA OROTAYOchair
• Atinuke Eyiowuawi
• Bolutife Faseun
• Jadres Ferreira
• Nehemiah Aderibigbe Akinyele · trustee of 1 other charity
• OLUYEMISI SHODE
• Roberta Omamurhomu Avwerosuo-Adeda

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

Operates in: Bexley · Greenwich · Newham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LISTENING PLACE.

• THE LISTENING PLACE income £2.7m
• LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE) income £2.7m
• Liquid Listening income £168k
• LISTENING BOOKS income £1.3m
• THE LISTENING CENTRE income £104k
• LISTEN-HEAR! income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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