ALPHA GROVE CENTRE

Registered charity 1181068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE ALPHA

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Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT PART OF THE ISLE OF DOGS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AS LIES TO THE SOUTH OF WEST INDIA DOCK (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, THE LOCAL AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND(B) TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER BODY OR PERSON) FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE COMPANY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 surplus of £17,882 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £102,436 and expenditure of £84,554. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves strengthened to £231,571, which the trustees confirm remains above the minimum required under their updated 2023 reserves policy.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04494613

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BROWN, Ciorsdan Ann — director, appointed 01/05/2022on trustee list
• DOSUNMU, Adeola — director, appointed 01/05/2022on trustee list
• OLI, Chioma Amanda — director, appointed 30/01/2019on trustee list
• IKOKWU, Ugochukwu — director, appointed 12/09/2017on trustee list
• ISLAM, Shirazul — director, appointed 12/09/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ugochukwu Ikokwuchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adeola Dosunmu
• Bethan Mobey
• Chioma Oli · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ciorsdan Ann Brown
• Luke Kavanagh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shirazul Islam · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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• ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST income £102k
• CATTON GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £102k
• THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL) income £1.6m
• SPRING GROVE SCHOOL 2003 income £2.4m
• GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
• GAMLEARN income £310k

Side by side with its peers

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