LATIN ELEPHANT

Registered charity 1158554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Current Activities: Latin Elephant is striving to ensure that migrant and ethnic groups are adequately represented and engaged in regeneration initiatives in London, in particular in Elephant and Castle.

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Latest income
£274k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 30 September 2025 was £274,249, representing a significant increase from the previous year. Expenditure totalled £148,401, resulting in a net movement in funds of £125,847 and total reserves of £230,118. The trustees report that the charity is well-positioned for the future with secured long-term funding partnerships.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Latin Elephant’s main source of funds this year has been funding from various grants and trusts.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' running costs (held: £230k)
“It is the Trustees' aim to ensure that reserves are available equivalent to three months' running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Global P & G. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£274k£148k
30/09/2024£157k£140k
30/09/2023£157k£145k
30/09/2022£141k£139k
30/09/2021£127k£100k

Common questions

Is LATIN ELEPHANT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 30 September 2025 was £274,249, representing a significant increase from the previous year. Expenditure totalled £148,401, resulting in a net movement in funds of £125,847 and total reserves of £230,118. The trustees report that the charity is well-positioned for the future with secured long-term funding partnerships. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Global P & G.

Who funds LATIN ELEPHANT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LATIN ELEPHANT as a grant recipient include GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATIONFY2025£387kChildren's mental health
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£46k2018-2024 strategy: Connected communities (CC) – advice

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2024£19kWe are Elephant!
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£10kGrant to Latin Elephant
UK government04/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£1kGrant to Latin Elephant
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2020£10kThe New Southwark Voices
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2017£15kGrant to Latin Elephant
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2015£10kMy Latin Elephant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELEPHANT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LATIN ELEPHANT£274k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELEPHANT GROUP FY2025£456k—1unclear—no doubt
THE ELEPHANT PROTECTION INITIATIVE FOUNDATION FY2025£720k—0below—no doubt
HISPANIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS FY2024£5.3m——above6.5%no doubt
BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£109k—0above—material uncertainty

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