CARNAVAL DEL PUEBLO ASOCIACIÓN

Registered charity 1173888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARNAVAL DEL PUEBLO ASOCIACI¾N

For the Public benefit, to promote, improve and advance education in, and appreciation of, the Arts (meaning the Musical, Visual, Dramatic or any other Arts provided in each case that they are of recognised Cultural or Educational value), in particular by staging events to celebrate, promote and develop a greater understanding of Latin American Culture.

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Latest income

£80k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £11,647.70, leaving it with virtually no unrestricted cash reserves (£14.99) and significant creditors (£39,414.31). Per the trustees' report, the charity relies heavily on restricted grant funding and faces liquidity risks, though it believes it can continue operating subject to future funding and creditor management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted grants (71% of income)

“Restricted grant income represented 71.0% of total receipts.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £15; policy: a prudent proportion of recurring core costs and to provide working capital for event planning before restricted grants are received)

“The Trustees recognise that unrestricted reserves are below the level considered appropriate for a charity delivering public cultural events of this scale.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Trustees believe that the charity can continue operating, but the going concern assessment should be revisited before the accounts are signed and before the independent examiner issues their report.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHIARA STELLA COCHETTIchair
DANNY JOHN CHALKLEY
Dean John Goldberg

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£80k	£91k
31/08/2024	£34k	£18k
31/08/2023	£87k	£98k
31/08/2022	£71k	£91k
31/08/2021	£32k	£29k

Common questions

Is CARNAVAL DEL PUEBLO ASOCIACIÓN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £11,647.70, leaving it with virtually no unrestricted cash reserves (£14.99) and significant creditors (£39,414.31). Per the trustees' report, the charity relies heavily on restricted grant funding and faces liquidity risks, though it believes it can continue operating subject to future funding and creditor management. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£10k	Grant to Carnaval Del Pueblo
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£25k	Grant to Carnaval Del Pueblo
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2023	£10k	Grant to Carnaval del Pueblo
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2022	£4k	Grant to Carnaval Del Pueblo
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/12/2013	£10k	"The History of Latin American Folk Music in London"