APPLE PIE ENTERPRISES LTD.

Registered charity 1147901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APE MEDIA

Mission:To enable social change by providing a point of entry to the media and creative industries for individuals from disadvantaged communities. APE MEDIA delivers training, events and production opportunities in the following sectors of the creative industry; TV & Film Production, Radio Broadcast & Production,Music Construction & Production; as well as fashion and performing arts (Dance).

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ACT AS A COMMUNITY MEDIA AND YOUTH ARTS PROJECT RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE AGE OF 14 YEARS FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN EAST LONDON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BY MEANS OF: A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B) ADVANCING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE MEDIA AND YOUTH ARTS FIELDS; C) BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS IN THE MEDIA AND CREATIVE FIELDS; D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE MEDIA AND CREATIVE FIELDS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO MAY HAVE NEEDS BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,362 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £18,656. However, the Directors consider the current level of general reserves insufficient and are developing fundraising strategies to address this. The charity is exempt from audit and relies on an independent examination for its financial reporting.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Youth Music — “At Youth Music, every young person deserves the chance to change their life through music. But across the UK, the grassroots organisations m…” (source page)
• Home office Anti Knife Crime Community Fund — “This project was successful in securing a grant from the Home office Anti Knife Crime Community Fund in November 2019.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angel Mills
• RICHARD BROOKE
• SAM BROWN
• TREVOR BLACKMAN

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

Operates in: Enfield · Hackney · Newham · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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