TRUE AMBASSADORS

Registered charity 1197690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) The prevention or relief of poverty throughout England by providing items and services to individuals in need and signposting to relevant services to prevent or relieve poverty.2) The relief of the mental health issue of persons in need by reason of detention and sickness, in particular by the provision of counselling and support.

Objects

1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT SERVICES TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2) THE RELIEF OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF DETENTION AND SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,354 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £31,528 to £10,174. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £10,174 and has current liabilities of £800, with no long-term creditors or pension deficits disclosed. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 30/11/2023 (received 09/10/2024, 9 days after the 30/09/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — True Ambassadors (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Newham Council — “True Ambassadors have delivered several events, have secured funds from Newham Council and entered a strategic collaboration with academics …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Doris OKUNDAYEchair
• Maryam LAWAL
• Oluwaseun Osakpolor Lawal

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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