ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN

Charity number: 299362
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provide informaiton, advice, counselling, referral, interpretation, translation and accompanying services on housing, welfare, health, immigration & asylum, education, training, employment to men, women, older people, young people, children, abled and disabled of all ethnic backgrounds.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £52,393
Total expenditure: £74,909

Total income includes £5,690 from 1 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Amateur Sport
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 June 1988: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
02252246 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Selamawit Mengistu Trustee 01 June 2023
None on record
selamawit Mengistu Miss Trustee 01 June 2023
None on record
Meheret AddisAlem Eng. Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Rahel Asfaw Trustee 22 July 2022
None on record
Belaye Gebre Tsadik Trustee 22 July 2022
None on record
Birhan Dagne Trustee 22 July 2022
LONDON DEBRE SEMAYAT MEDHANEALEM AND ST. GABRIEL ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH
Received: On time
HAMERE KASSA Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £67.82k £66.25k £60.43k £78.44k £52.39k
Total expenditure £69.73k £43.80k £64.28k £80.38k £74.91k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £5.69k N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £25.00k £5.69k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022

(These accounts
have been qualified)

30 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 28 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 28 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 22 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 22 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH MAY 1988 AS AMENDED 28 JUNE 1998 AND 29 JANUARY 2006

Charitable objects

(I) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS. (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PERSONS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. (III) TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, PARTICULARLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Ethiopian Community In Britain 2a
Lithos Road
LONDON
LONDON
London
NW3 6EF
Phone:
02077944265
Email:
postmaster@ethiopiancommunity.co.uk
Website:

www.ethiopiancommunity.co.uk Open in new window