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

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN THE BENEFIT AREA;THE PROVISION OF OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR INHABITANTS WITHIN THE BENEFIT AREA IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION IN LIFE;THE PROMOTION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING (INCLUDING TRAINING IN EMPLOYMENT SKILLS) FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS WITHIN THE BENEFIT AREA; THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS;THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF AN APPRECIABLY IMPORTANT CLASS OF THE COMMUNITY CONSISTING OF THE INHABITANTS WITHIN THE BENEFIT AREA; THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BENEFIT AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN THE BENEFIT AREA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;(B) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(C) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; AND(D) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANY CHARITABLE TRUSTS, ASSOCIATIONS, BODIES OR CORPORATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME IN EXISTENCE HAVING AS, OR AMONG, THEIR OBJECTS ANY SIMILAR OBJECTS TO THE COMPANY; ANDTO DO ALL SUCH OTHER ACTS AND THINGS AS THE BOARD MAY (SUBJECT TO THE ARTICLES) CONSIDER NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OR PROMOTION OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3.1;PROVIDED THAT NONE OF THE OBJECTS MAY BE EXERCISED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ACHIEVE OR PROMOTE AIMS AND/OR OBJECTIVES OF A PARTY POLITICAL NATURE; ANDPROVIDED THAT IN FURTHERANCE OF ALL OR ANY OF THE OBJECTS THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE POWER TO PROMOTE ANY OF THE OBJECTS AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN AREAS AND/OR PLACES OUTSIDE THE BENEFIT AREA WHERE IT IS OF THE OPINION THAT TO DO SO WILL BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFIT AREA.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £6.7 million significantly exceed the charity's stated policy target of £500,000. The charity reported a net loss of £461,524 for the year, primarily driven by investment losses, though total income exceeded total expenditure by £310,019 before investment gains/losses. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP. 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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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 — 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~32.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alkhad Ali
• Atanu Bhattacherjee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bronislaw Masojada · trustee of 2 other charities
• Catherine McGuinness
• DAVID MANN · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN WILLIAM JACK · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Joseph MacHale
• Katherine Webster
• Momotaz Ajid
• RICHARD JOHN WATSON
• Rev Jeremy Stuart Fraser
• Sahidur Rahman
• Simon Timothy Musgrave

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 EAST END CONNECTION.

• EAST END CONNECTION income £44k
• EAST END DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £41k
• THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST income £45k
• EASTSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.0m
• THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £9.3m
• WEST LONDON COMMUNITY TRUST income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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