STEPNEY COMMUNITY TRUST
Offer Employment advice and guidance, IT training, Job-search, women development and counselling, healthy living, ESOL and other activities to benefit the local community at large.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £35,576 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total net assets to £212,359. The trustees note that the charity has experienced increasing difficulties in fundraising following the pandemic, yet managed to deliver various community projects. The going concern basis relies on the expectation that the company will be able to obtain sufficient grants to continue its activities.
What the accounts disclose
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with the expectation that the company would be able to obtain sufficient grants to continue its activities in the future.” — page 13
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- AHMED HASSAN
- Ameena Begum
- BODRUL ALOM
- MOHAMMED ABDUL MALIK
- Rafia Khan
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £116k | £82k |
| 31/03/2024 | £98k | £63k |
| 31/03/2023 | £56k | £52k |
| 31/03/2022 | £63k | £69k |
| 31/03/2021 | £88k | £53k |
Common questions
Is STEPNEY COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £35,576 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total net assets to £212,359. The trustees note that the charity has experienced increasing difficulties in fundraising following the pandemic, yet managed to deliver various community projects. The going concern basis relies on the expectation that the company will be able to obtain sufficient grants to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds STEPNEY COMMUNITY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STEPNEY COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include The Merchant Taylors' Foundation, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST, LONDON CATALYST, WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BASKETMAKERS 2011 CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Merchant Taylors' Foundation | FY2022 | £5k | Small Grants Scheme |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £5k | Project Costs |
| WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | A contribution to Playworker and other costs |
| LONDON CATALYST | FY2022 | £3k | A community health education and activity programme. |
| WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BASKETMAKERS 2011 CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £2k | Stepney Community Trust |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/01/2026 | £20k | “IT4ALL” (Inclusive IT Training & Development Initiative) |
| City Bridge Foundation | 22/03/2023 | £84k | Grant to Stepney Community Trust |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 08/03/2023 | £88k | "Jute, the golden fibre of Bengal and an empire monopoly: how the sweat of Bengal cultivators facilitated the expansion of the trade of the B" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 09/12/2022 | £10k | Healthy in Mind & Body (Mental Wellbeing Pilot) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 10/09/2021 | £10k | “Life Begins with English” (Social Development & ESOL Pilot) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/12/2018 | £10k | ?Female Footsteps? [BAMER Women's Develo |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 06/12/2018 | £55k | "HOME MACHINISTS (1970-2000):The untold stories of first generation Bangladeshi women in the East End" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/02/2017 | £10k | “Stepney Community Hub [1 Year Development Project] |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 02/02/2017 | £10k | "Exploring East India Company Heritage Objects at the V&A" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/01/2015 | £51k | "Science and technological evolution in East Indiamen shipping (1600 - 1858)" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/05/2012 | £10k | Traditional Skill and Entrepreneurial Women (TSEW) |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/09/2011 | £48k | "How villages and towns in Bengal dressed London Ladies in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/11/2008 | £9k | SCT Personal Development Programme |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/10/2008 | £165k | THE SCT FEMALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/07/2006 | £9k | IT & Jobsearch Training |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/11/2005 | £83k | Community project |