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COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST

Registered charity 1207119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CaN Trust is dedicated to helping local communities and investment in regeneration programmes.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted net assets of £237,846 at the end of the period, an increase from £206,766 the previous year. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, supported by confirmed ongoing financial support from its parent undertaking, Poplar HARCA.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet its financial, legal and moral obligations to its service users, employees and volunteers and to all relevant authorities (held: £238k)
“CaN Trust aim to maintain a general reserve of unrestricted funds sufficient to meet its financial, legal and moral obligations to its service users, employees and volunteers and to all relevant authorities.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Communities and Neighbourhoods Trust is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Poplar HARCA Parent undertaking... During the period the Poplar HARCA Limited provided a £3.3m gift aid donation to the Communities and Neighbourhoods Trust and recharged £3.3m for the activities performed as per SLA on behalf of the Communities and Neighbourhoods Trust.
“During the period the Poplar HARCA Limited provided a £3.3m gift aid donation to the Communities and Neighbourhoods Trust and recharged £3.3m for the activities performed as per SLA on behalf of the Communities and Neighbourhoods Trust.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.4m£3.4m

Common questions

Is COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted net assets of £237,846 at the end of the period, an increase from £206,766 the previous year. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, supported by confirmed ongoing financial support from its parent undertaking, Poplar HARCA. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/04/2026£100k"The Festival of Britain: Poplar 2026"