COMMUNITY TECHAID

Registered charity 1193210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAMBETH TECHAID, TECHAID

CTA reduces the digital divide, and e-waste, by providing technology, connectivity and skills to those in need. We refurbish donated computers, tablets & mobile phones, and distribute them through referrals from over 150 community organisations in south London such as schools, refuges, food banks, disability and refugee groups. We're developing a sustainable, scalable model for use across the UK

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING IN THE UK:-TO RELIEVE NEED OF THOSE WHOSE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET AND OTHER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IS LIMITED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING SOCIAL ISOLATION OR EXCLUSION FOR THESE BENEFICIARIES BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO DIGITAL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, PROVIDING RECYCLED / DONATED LAPTOPS, OTHER COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £111,495, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of £120,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £22,255 for the year, having generated total incoming resources of £322,911 against total expenditure of £300,656.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Heidenchair
• Benjamin Roback
• Charlotte Marie Walshe
• Jason Scott-Taggart
• Philip Shoesmith
• Soha Adams
• Thomas Michael Asher

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION UK.

• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION UK income £2.2m
• THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY PROJECT income £152k
• CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST income £2.7m
• COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL income £2.2m
• REFURBIT income £540k
• The ITSA Digital Trust income £346k

Side by side with its peers

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