LEWISHAM DONATION HUB

Registered charity 1202607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a frontline service that collects and organises community donations of all kinds which we then distribute to those facing acute hardship in London. Founded in 2020, we are now one of the main points of support for those seeking asylum, the homeless, domestic violence survivors & many other groups.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTH EAST LONDON BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTH EAST LONDON THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY WORKING TO MINIMISE WASTE AND ACHIEVE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND RAW MATERIAL USE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING, RE-USE AND REPAIR INITIATIVES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £41,807, which is below the stated policy target of three months of budgeted trading activity. The charity reported a net deficit of £33,649 for the year, driven by total expenditure of £603,449 against total income of £569,800.

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lewisham Donation Hub (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Yvette Denise Deardenchair
• Akida Charlene Dorothy Modupe John-Ambrose
• Carolyn Emanuel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Craig Robert Hardaker
• Evgenii Khramkov
• Sandra Omowunmi Ajidahun

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG LEWISHAM PROJECT (WORKSHOP).

• YOUNG LEWISHAM PROJECT (WORKSHOP) income £526k
• LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK income £1.3m
• LENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £76k
• LEHACHZIKOM UK income £2.8m
• REFUGEE AID FROM TAUNTON income £43k
• LEWISHAM SPEAKING UP income £180k

Side by side with its peers

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