WEST HAM BOYS' CLUB

Registered charity 303180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amateur Boxing and sporting activities

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF A BOYS' CLUB

Area of benefit: COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HAM

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,696 for the year ended 31 May 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £125,917. The trustees confirm that the charity does not employ paid staff and is wholly run by volunteers. However, the independent examiner noted a material uncertainty regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern due to its dependence on periodic grants and the lack of certainty about continued funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Donations
“Charitable Donations 17,260” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 22

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2025 (received 20/04/2026, 20 days after the 31/03/2026 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 21/02/2025, 327 days after the 31/03/2024 due date); year ending 31/05/2022 (received 15/01/2024, 290 days after the 31/03/2023 due date); year ending 31/05/2021 (received 15/01/2024, 655 days after the 31/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£86k£60k
31/05/2024£73k£49k
31/05/2023£41k£58k
31/05/2022£21k£35k
31/05/2021£42k£66k

Common questions

Is WEST HAM BOYS' CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,696 for the year ended 31 May 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £125,917. The trustees confirm that the charity does not employ paid staff and is wholly run by volunteers. However, the independent examiner noted a material uncertainty regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern due to its dependence on periodic grants and the lack of certainty about continued funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England30/07/2015£8kWest Ham Boys Boxing Equipment Expansion Project
Sport England02/09/2013£44kRefurbishment and development of new club premises

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLMES CHAPEL BOXING CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST HAM BOYS' CLUB£86k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLMES CHAPEL BOXING CLUB FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
WIGTON COMMUNITY AMATEUR BOXING CLUB FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
BEXHILL AMATEUR BOXING CLUB FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
TAMWORTH AMATEUR BOXING CLUB FY2025£547k—0unclear—no doubt
BILLINGHAM BOXING ACADEMY FY2026£177k—0unclear—no doubt

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