NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CENTRE

Registered charity 293588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE

The Centre provides resource support to primarily but not exclusively African Caribbean voluntary, community & faith sector organisations and individuals living in the London Borough of Newham and its environs. In doing this, it provides subsidized hall letting facilities, After School Club / Holiday Playscheme for 5 - 12 year olds, Lunch Club for older people, Hot desking facilities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM AND THE ENVIRONS THEREOF AND IN PARTICULAR THE MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CUMMUNITY BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £98,859 to £44,607 due to total expenditure of £165,890 exceeding total incoming resources of £111,638. The charity holds cash reserves of £122,037 against current liabilities of £30,905, resulting in net current assets of £41,957. The trustees report that the charity is controlled by a deed of trust and constitutes a limited company.

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.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• VINCENT Michael JOHN BA MA MBAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALFONSO GRAZETTE
• Ena O'Brien
• JENNIFER FOSTER
• Kori Simmons
• NIGEL DACOSTA HOLLIGAN
• NYLE HALL
• VALERIE BROWN LLB

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 NEWHAM COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAMME LIMITED.

• NEWHAM COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAMME LIMITED income £2.1m
• NEWHAM FOUNDATION income £305k
• AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £405k
• CARERS CENTRE SA LTD income £866k
• NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE income £129k
• AFRICAN CARIBBEAN ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT income £165k

Side by side with its peers

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