ELBWO

Registered charity 294973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST LONDON BLACK WOMEN'S ORGANISATION

To provide quality service to meet the diverse needs of families through provision of advice, information and advocacy that addresses individual needs; the delivery of education, training and mentoring to assist attainment within school and employment; and the development of projects and resources for supporting and strengthening families and other groups within the community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £117,578, up from £94,145 in the previous year, following a net income of £23,433 against charitable expenditure of £20,327. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of three to six months of expenditure, and its current unrestricted reserves exceed this minimum threshold. No material uncertainties or governance failures are disclosed in the filing.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Hackney · Lambeth · Lewisham · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£20k
31/03/2024£5k£6k
31/03/2023£0£4k
31/03/2022£9k£12k
31/03/2021£24k£55k

Common questions

Is ELBWO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £117,578, up from £94,145 in the previous year, following a net income of £23,433 against charitable expenditure of £20,327. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of three to six months of expenditure, and its current unrestricted reserves exceed this minimum threshold. No material uncertainties or governance failures are disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2009£184kDoing it for Ourselves (DIFO)