ST MARGARET'S HOUSE

Registered charity 1148832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Multi-purpose community centre

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE OR CENTRES CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE RELIEF OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES (AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE CHARITY MAY PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY PERSON SHARING IN THAT WORK,2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY, AND3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £52,000 and a net deficit of £50,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which the trustees attribute to drawing on reserves for essential building repairs. Despite the deficit, the charity holds total funds of £6,788,932, with unrestricted general funds of £6,443,790, significantly exceeding its stated reserves policy target of £349,002. The trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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
• 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).

• Action for Bow — “Our work wouldn’t be possible without the kindness and generosity of our supporters: Action for Bow” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Ritman
• Chloe Tayali
• Dr Mythili Mahendran
• Eugene Lowrie
• Lara El Gibaly
• Mana Mahil
• Olivia Jasmin D'Mello-Browning
• Raluca-Simina Neagu
• Tracy Karkut-Law

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED.

• HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
• BRISTOL AND ANCHOR ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £336k
• NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY income £275k
• 1692 income £462k
• HOUSE OF GIVING income £248k
• MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £525k

Side by side with its peers

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