E:MERGE (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1152146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E:MERGE (BRADFORD) COMPANY LIMITED, E:merge (UK) Company Limited

A charity with a Christian ethos undertaking youth work for over 20 years in the most segregated, deprived and broken wards in Bradford and in other parts of the UK. Our goal is to operate to reach the most marginalized and enable them to become part of a community within which they can thrive, develop and realise their potential. We work with young people, at home, in school and on the streets.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £88,101 and held unrestricted funds of £195,244 against a reserves policy target of £129,581. The trustees confirmed the charity can continue to operate for the next 12 months, noting that expenditure has been conditional on anticipated and guaranteed income.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Henry Smith Charity — “Our grant funders in the last couple of years include: The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Howard Keith Astinchair
• Imaan Labad
• Joel Topham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Harold Massey
• Rev Derek Alan Jones
• Sharon Elizabeth de Villiers

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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