WEST HAM NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY

Registered charity 207309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST HAM UNITED NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES, WEST HAM UNITED NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY

West Ham Non-Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered provider of social housing providing accommodation for the elderly living or working in Newham. The Charity owns Harris Cottages comprising of 18 one-bed self contained units.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE. SUBJECT THERETO THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE POOR RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HAM

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net inflow of funds of £96,218 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total comprehensive income reaching £96,218. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,267,025, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £250,000. The charity has no employees and relies on external management services provided by Newham Council.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Beever and Struthers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Councillor Shaban Mohammedchair
• COUNCILLOR WINSTON VAUGHAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Charlene McLean
• Dr John Whitworth
• Rev Christopher Owens
• Reverend Canon Councillor Ann Easter

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST HAM.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST HAM income £220k
• THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR WEST HAMPSTEAD income £146k
• ELTHAM UNITED CHARITIES income £313k
• HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CIO income £218k
• Hammersley Homes income £3.1m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S HAM income £160k

Side by side with its peers

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