DOCKLANDS COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1171589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Women Group including Coffee Morning, Study Circle, Pensioners Club, regular Spiritual Activities, Accredited/Vocational Employ-ability Training, English ESOL, Youth Activities, After School Club, Weekend Supplementary Classes, School Holiday Programme, NHS Healthy Programme,Community Gardening project. We also provide facilities for Black and Minority Ethnic Group which are culturally sensitive.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DOCKLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,713 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £164,932. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The financial position is described as stable with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £165k)
“The board has determined that the appropriate level of free reserves which are not invested should be equivalent 3 to 6 months' expenditure, approximately E20K to E40K.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£121k£112k
29/02/2024£126k£92k
28/02/2023£166k£96k
28/02/2022£114k£76k
28/02/2021£38k£39k

Common questions

Is DOCKLANDS COMMUNITY ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,713 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £164,932. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The financial position is described as stable with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOCKLANDS COMMUNITY ORGANISATION£121k—0above—no doubt
Docklands Sailing Centre Trust FY2024£739k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS FY2025£1.0m—0below—no doubt
ROYAL DOCKS TRUST (LONDON) FY2025£281k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£773k—0below1.6%no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt

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