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.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BRADFORD AND THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO:(A) ADVANCE 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) ADVANCE EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.’

Area of benefit: BRADFORD AND THE UK

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05296407

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)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LABAD, Imaan — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Derek Alan, Rev — director, appointed 27/04/2018on trustee list
• MASSEY, Paul Harold — director, appointed 23/04/2015on trustee list
• TOPHAM, Joel Richard — director, appointed 28/03/2014on trustee list
• DE VILLIERS, Sharon Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/05/2009not on trustee list
• ASTIN, Howard Keith — director, appointed 25/11/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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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 JUBILEE+.

• JUBILEE+ income £243k
• TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY income £413k
• R.H.W.E. LIMITED income £473k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• EAST KENT EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LTD income £338
• UNITED BORDERS income £290k

Side by side with its peers

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