THE SPACE - SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Registered charity 1195933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity runs a food support services for residents aged 18 or over who suffer from financial hardshipThe Charity runs a baby bank service offering baby essentials to families in Kensington and ChelseaThe Charity provides peer support and complementary therapies to residents who suffer from PTSD as a result of the Grenfell Tower Fire

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND RELATED ADDITIONAL SERVICES, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED.2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE AGED 18 YEARS AND OVER WHO SUFFERED TRAUMA FOLLOWING THE GRENFELL TOWER TRAGEDY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES, PEER SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.4. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL 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 OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY 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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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,504 for the period, with total income of £317,313 against total expenditure of £320,817. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to cover foreseeable contingencies, though no specific monetary target is stated. The charity's unrestricted cash funds decreased from £29,014 to £25,097 by the end of the period.

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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2022 (received 17/03/2023, 40 days after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• EMAN YOSRYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Sylvester
• Jolanta Rachel Sherlock
• Kwasi Gyekye-Frempong
• STEPHEN RICHARD JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Brent · Camden · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Hounslow · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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• PENTAID income £64k

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