ST HILDA'S EAST

Registered charity 212208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST HILDA'S EAST COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE INCORPORATED CHELTENHAM LADIES' COLLEGE GUILD SETTLEMENT IN LONDON

St Hilda's is a multi-purpose community centre running a number of projects for the local population including an Older People's Project, an advice service including Legal Advice Clinics, youth groups, Food Co-op project, Women's Project, mental health support, creche and under 5s facilities and others. It also runs an off-site day centre service targeted at Bangladeshi older people.

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Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £35,241 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £1,905,572. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain unrestricted reserves between three and six months of expenditure, and the actual free unrestricted reserves of £595,190 exceed this minimum policy target. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There was 1 employee whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 (2024 - none).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There was 1 employee whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 (2024 - none).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three and six months expenditure (held: £595k)

“The Directors and Trustees consider it prudent to maintain an adequate level of unrestricted reserves to cover the community centre’s contractual commitments and provide sufficient working capital and have set this at a minimum of between three and six months expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“During the year, the charity received voluntary donations totalling £565 (2024: none) from trustees. These donations were freely given with no conditions attached. The trustees concerned did not receive any benefits from the charity as a result of these donations, and all donations were made on normal terms available to the public.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd.. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00052880

What the charity says about itself (2023-24)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The charity's own account of itself — extract, never evaluate.

“Over the course of the year, our bi-lingual daytime advice service provided over 750 appointments. The advice clinic sees mainly welfare benefit and housing issues, securing £115,000 of new and backdated benefits for our clients including one service user who received a back payment of £25,000 from DWP.”

The charity's own account of itself — extract, never evaluate.

“Our legal clinics have provided over 400 appointments this year to people whose access to legal advice would otherwise be out of reach.”

The charity's own account of itself — extract, never evaluate.

“Over 300 children have been supported across our youth and early years provision this year.”

The charity's own account of itself — extract, never evaluate.

“Our Food Co-op had around 3,000 customer visits this year. Our Food Hub donations supported an average of 27 families or households on a weekly basis, including people accessing our other programmes.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lucy Bingham — Director (source)
Kate Simpson — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Mayor of London — “We’re proud to be one of 30 Community Spaces funded by the Mayor of London and The National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Loved and …” (source page)
The National Lottery Community Fund — “We’re proud to be one of 30 Community Spaces funded by the Mayor of London and The National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Loved and …” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MOHAMED, Yusra — director, appointed 29/04/2026not on trustee list
ZAMAN, Atiyya — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
HOQUE, Nahid — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
CATTERMOLE, Susan Jill — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
ALVES MACEDO DE SOUSA, Catarina — director, appointed 26/03/2025not on trustee list
BARRETT, Reiko Marie — director, appointed 18/05/2024on trustee list
WRIGHT, Amarr Samura — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
CESARI, Courtney Nicole — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
KIBRIYA, Nafis — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
SANTA CRUZ DE JACKSON, Paola — director, appointed 27/09/2023not on trustee list
SIMPSON, Katharine Juliet — director, appointed 01/06/2021not on trustee list
MCCAULEY, Malini — director, appointed 05/07/2018on trustee list
LOCKER, Jean Gertrude — director, appointed 16/12/2004on trustee list
BINGHAM, Lucy Jane — secretary, appointed 02/05/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St. Hilda's East — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 11/11/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£103k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amarr Wright
Atiyya Zaman
Catarina Alves Macedo de Sousa
Courtney Cesari
JEAN LOCKER · trustee of 1 other charity
Kate Simpson
Malini McCauley
Nafis Kibriya
Nahid Hoque
Paola Santa Cruz de Jackson
Reiko Marie Barrett
Susan Jill Cattermole
Yusra Mohammed

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.4m	£1.6m
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£1.4m
31/03/2021	£1.5m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is ST HILDA'S EAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £35,241 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £1,905,572. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain unrestricted reserves between three and six months of expenditure, and the actual free unrestricted reserves of £595,190 exceed this minimum policy target. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd..

What does the highest-paid employee of ST HILDA'S EAST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ST HILDA'S EAST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST HILDA'S EAST as a grant recipient include WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST, LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST	FY2021	£23k	Covid-19 outreach service for at risk older people
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	FY2024	£10k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	FY2021	£7k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	FY2023	£6k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£4k	Wellbeing activities for women
OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST	FY2022	£3k
OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST	FY2023	£-600	Community grants paid

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2026	£60k	Loved & Wanted Fund - Tower Hamlets
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2022	£286k	Over 50’s Feeling Good!
City Bridge Foundation	14/06/2021	£50k	Grant to St Hilda's East
City Bridge Foundation	26/09/2019	£82k	Grant to St Hilda's East
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2019	£9k	Over 60s 'Well Art!' Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/05/2018	£7k	"Cut from the Same Cloth"
Sport England	26/02/2018	£8k	Over Fifties Flex
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/12/2016	£9k	Weavers Training and Work Experience Project
City Bridge Foundation	24/05/2016	£117k	Grant to St Hilda's East
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/05/2015	£10k	A2B London - Getting isolated Bangladeshi women out and about
Greater London Authority	03/01/2015	£2k	Grant to St. Hilda's East
City Bridge Foundation	18/03/2010	£93k	Grant to St Hilda's East
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/10/2009	£43k	"St Hilda's East 120th Anniversary Community Memories Project"
City Bridge Foundation	10/09/2009	£0	Grant to St Hilda's East
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2009	£5k	Elders Yoga & Fitness Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2008	£5k	Boundary Women's Project - Healthy Living Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2006	£5k	Pensioners Art Group

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	1	£761k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£25k
CIVIC POWER FUND	1	£1k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	1	£800

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £122k
ST MARYS CARE CENTRE income £162k
HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE income £2.6m
ST AUGUSTINES CENTRE HALIFAX income £812k
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
CREST WALTHAM FOREST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST HILDA'S EAST	£1.8m	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£122k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARYS CARE CENTRE FY2025	£162k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST AUGUSTINES CENTRE HALIFAX FY2025	£812k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL FY2025	£563k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.