EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - ILFORD

Registered charity 1169533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECF - ILFORD

To provide the local area with the opportunity to worship and to present the Christian faith to the wider community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ILFORD, ESSEX AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;4.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAVING OF LIVES IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN SRI LANKA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND4.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN SRI LANKA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £735 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £50,690. The trustees note that free reserves of £15,168 are below their stated policy target of approximately £20,933 (three months of expenditure). The charity relies primarily on donations and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 22/03/2023, 142 days after the 31/10/2022 due date); year ending 31/12/2020 (received 10/03/2022, 130 days after the 31/10/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emmanuel Christian Fellowship - Ilford (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev KANAGARATNAM JOSEPHchair
• ANESLYN ANTON
• MAHENDRARAJAH REGINALD IREANUS ARULAPPAN
• NADARAJAH KANDIAH

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

Operates in: City Of London · Essex · India · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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