ASTON - MANSFIELD

Registered charity 220085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT UNIT, DURNING HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE, FROUD COMMUNITY CENTRE, LAMBOURNE END CENTRE, THE JUNCTION

The objects of the charity are to develop the community wealth of East London and promote a diverse and inclusive society in which all are free to participate. These are achieved through a number of structured programmes and a range of activities supporting people of all ages, creeds, cultures and abilities, principally within the London Borough of Newham.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.(B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN EAST LONDON AND ELSEWHERE ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT").(C) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO NEED THE FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.(E) TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(F) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT.

Area of benefit: EAST LONDON AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £80,281 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income decreasing by 24% to £1,335,349. Unrestricted reserves stood at £14,974, which is significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' running costs (£377,850). The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue its work in the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aston-Mansfield (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).

• HeadStart — “As part of the"HeadStart" project, we are happy to offer the following weekly after school sessions :” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Patrick Minford
• Amanda Whiteford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Jane Lindeck
• MAHENDRA SAVJANI
• Malindra Minhas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Amaryliss Mitchison
• Philip Barron
• Prash Sinha
• Robert Paterson
• Tendai Munjayi · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Amanda Whiteford — trustee here and at ASTON - MANSFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST
• Tendai Munjayi — trustee here and at ASTON - MANSFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 ASTON - MANSFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

• ASTON - MANSFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £897k
• ELFT CHARITY income £166k
• EASTSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.0m
• EASTON COMMUNITY CHILDRENS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
• Ashton Community Charity income £51k
• NORTH LONDON COST SHOP income £11.7m

Side by side with its peers

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