EUROPIA

Registered charity 1161453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Where we work Salford, Tameside, Manchester including Wythenshawe, Stockport & OldhamWhat we do * ESOL classes * cultural activities * Family events * Advice & guidance on benefits , housing, etc. * Mum and Children sessions * training *wellbeing projects (mental health) * Empoyability * Volunteering

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£328k
Latest spending
£328k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £484 for the year ended March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total income decreased significantly to £328,252 from £528,161, while expenditure also fell to £327,768. The charity holds £7,660 in free unrestricted reserves, which the trustees note represents less than one month of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £8k; policy: less than one month of unrestricted expenditure)
“The charity held unrestricted reserves as of 31 March 2025, which represented less than one month of unrestricted expenditure based on results for the year then ended.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Europia (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£528k
Total spending
£540k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Manchester City · Oldham · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£328k£328k
31/03/2024£528k£540k
31/03/2023£356k£396k
31/03/2022£318k£221k
31/03/2021£277k£235k

Common questions

Is EUROPIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £484 for the year ended March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total income decreased significantly to £328,252 from £528,161, while expenditure also fell to £327,768. The charity holds £7,660 in free unrestricted reserves, which the trustees note represents less than one month of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EUROPIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EUROPIA as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£50kEmergency Fund
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£22k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kMigrants and Refugees
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2024£4kMaterial Institutional Grants
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2023£4kMATERIAL INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust05/06/2026£25kA grant to Europia
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2025£20kRoma Community Helpline (Pilot Project)
A B Charitable Trust10/07/2025£20kA grant to Europia
A B Charitable Trust23/09/2024£4kA grant to Europia
A B Charitable Trust05/06/2024£22kA grant to Europia
UK government01/04/2024£18kTransition to eVisa Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2024£75k"Roma Heritage Project"
UK government29/09/2023£50kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
UK government29/09/2023£29kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
A B Charitable Trust04/07/2023£22kA grant to Europia
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2022£199kPutting EU Nationals in Front
A B Charitable Trust30/06/2022£20kA grant to Europia
A B Charitable Trust01/07/2021£20kA grant to Europia
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2021£10kEuropia Women's Group
One Manchester01/12/2020£5kRoma community support
Barrow Cadbury Trust07/10/2020£25kCOVID-19 - Europia
UK government08/07/2020£53kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
A B Charitable Trust02/07/2020£10kA grant to Europia

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 EUROPAEUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EUROPIA£328k—0below—no doubt
THE EUROPAEUM FY2024£668k—0unclear—no doubt
EUROPE TRUST FY2024£1.4m—0above—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FY2025£1.1m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
MAJLIS-E-ULAMA-E-SHIA EUROPE FY2025£389k—0above—no doubt

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