EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

Registered charity 299186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E L A T T, ELATT, TOWER HAMLETS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

Training, Education and Employment Support for disadvantaged adults and young people, in particular the long-term unemployed, refugee and migrant women, and young people not in employment, education or training. Services include vocational training, English language and basic skills, advice and guidance, welfare support and volunteering and work experience programmes.

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a modest operational surplus and maintained a strong cash position, with free reserves of £1,174,094 at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the organization demonstrated continued financial resilience despite sector-wide pressures and constrained funding environments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 24
“The Spouse of CEO, Anthony Harmer, received £NIL (2024 - £4,970) during the year in relation to the teaching of GCSE English. An amount of £NIL (2024 - £NIL) was outstanding at the year end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£56k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
75

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.8m£2.8m
31/08/2024£3.1m£3.0m
31/08/2023£3.6m£3.4m
31/08/2022£3.1m£2.8m
31/08/2021£2.9m£2.5m

Common questions

Is EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a modest operational surplus and maintained a strong cash position, with free reserves of £1,174,094 at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the organization demonstrated continued financial resilience despite sector-wide pressures and constrained funding environments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£15kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
Hackney Council04/01/2025£15kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
UK government22/02/2024£6kSpace for All Fund 2023
City Bridge Foundation09/10/2023£368kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2022£914kLondon Equal Voices
London Borough of Hackney28/03/2022£58kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
Hackney Council28/03/2022£20kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
UK government08/07/2020£115kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
London Borough of Hounslow16/06/2020£10kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2019£10kTots and Toddlers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£326kEqual Voices
Greater London Authority01/01/2019£148kYoung Londoners Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2017£428kLon/2/16 - Working West London
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2016£4kCelebrating Capable Communities
City Bridge Foundation08/11/2016£50kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
The National Lottery Community Fund03/08/2016£7kTots and Toddlers
The National Lottery Community Fund26/04/2016£49kLon/2/16 Working West London
Greater London Authority18/11/2015£148kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
London Borough of Hounslow10/11/2015£19kGrant to ELATT
City Bridge Foundation13/05/2015£2kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training
City Bridge Foundation12/03/2015£3kEco audit to East London Advanced Technology Training
The National Lottery Community Fund11/09/2014£310kEast London People: Integration and Aspiration
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2012£10kReaching Out - Citizenship and Intergration in South London
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2011£288kDestination Integration: Real World Learning
City Bridge Foundation17/03/2011£75kGrant to East London Advanced Technology Training

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT FY2025£671kOver £60,0001above—no doubt
ABS TRAINING LTD FY2025£207k—0below—no doubt
EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
ADULT LITERACY TRUST FY2025£360k—0above—no doubt
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt

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