THAMES LIFE

Registered charity 1189743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Thames Life (TWCP) aims to be a catalyst for sustainable community-led change. The project brings together schools, community groups and residents from across the Thames ward of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to create a stronger, healthier, cleaner more confident, and cohesive community.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THAMES WARD IN BARKING AND DAGENHAM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;C) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;E) THE PROTECTION OF CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; ANDF) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that £198,880 in funding was raised across all projects for the year ending March 2025. The organization highlights ongoing efforts to secure long-term sustainability and maintain high standards despite team transitions and external challenges. No specific unrestricted reserves figure or policy target is disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amina Hussien
• Harley Manning
• Isalina Ferreria
• Josiah Oyekunle
• Lai Ogunsola
• Marta Hawkins
• Matthew David Lismore

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAMES21 LIMITED.

• THAMES21 LIMITED income £3.2m
• RIVER THAMES BOAT PROJECT income £207k
• THAMES REACH CHARITY income £32.7m
• THE THAMES FESTIVAL TRUST income £452k
• THAMESDOWN ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £154k
• THAMES HOSPICE income £21.2m

Side by side with its peers

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