EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1147789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EECF

A grant making charity working to relieve poverty in four boroughs of East London; Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham and the City of London

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £5.3m meet the charity's stated policy target of a minimum £500k. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £500k (held: £5.3m)
“EECF’s reserves policy states the charity should aim to keep a minimum reserve of £500k of unrestricted funds” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East End Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£163k
Reserves (reported)
£5.3m
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~31.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · Hackney · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.0m
31/03/2024£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.6m
31/03/2022£2.5m£2.3m
31/03/2021£4.8m£4.2m

Common questions

Is EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £5.3m meet the charity's stated policy target of a minimum £500k. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST AND ST JOHN WITH ST LUKE, ISLE OF DOGS, LEADERS IN COMMUNITY, The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST AND ST JOHN WITH ST LUKE, ISLE OF DOGSFY2024£8kGrants
LEADERS IN COMMUNITYFY2024£3kSummer programme helping to provide a safe space for young people, training, and free hot meals.
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2024£2k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2025£2k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2022£1k
LEADERS IN COMMUNITYFY2025£0Summer programme helping to provide a safe space for young people, training, and free hot meals.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£2.9m——above—no doubt
THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£685k—0above—no doubt
AGE UK EAST LONDON FY2025£3.6m—3above—no doubt
ELFT CHARITY FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST END CHURCH FY2024£175k—0unclear—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3mOver £60,0001unclear5.3%no doubt

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