AMBITION, ASPIRE, ACHIEVE

Registered charity 1167816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AAA

Ambition, Aspire, Achieve focuses on the communities of Newham and East London. We work in partnership with, and receive referrals schools, education welfare services, health visitors, family and child consultation services, community mental health teams, probation services, family support groups, disability support groups, community organisations and youth offending teams.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £384,626 exceed the charity's stated policy target of six months of core running costs, indicating a healthy reserve position relative to its own benchmark. However, the charity reported a net income decline to £34,717 from £280,137 in the prior year, driven by a significant drop in grant income. The trustees and auditors note that the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of uncertain funding streams, though no material uncertainties were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Accountax Auditing Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ambition Aspire Achieve (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE BOWDENchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• COLIN ANDREW GRAINGER
• David Burns · trustee of 1 other charity
• HAYDN POWELL
• HURJINDER KAUR
• Helen Valentina Page
• ILDIKO MELBA PALHAZY
• John Bergin
• KAREN ANDERSON AY
• STEVE CAMERON
• Sarah Ruiz · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Hackney · Haringey · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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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).