EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR LIFE

Charity Number: 1198945
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Empowering Communities For Life (ECFL) is a charity that values education, equality, inclusivity and health well-being principles. Founded in 2016, ECFL has been working intimately with a country in western Africa, The Gambia. Poverty, physical/ mental ill-health, lack of educational resources and limited support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 15 March 2024

Total income: £4,920
Total expenditure: £4,970

People

3 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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:
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • The Gambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 May 2022: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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 does not own and/or lease 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Laura Ricketts Chair 12 May 2022
None on record
Zemamnesh Campbell Trustee 12 May 2022
None on record
Dr Sana Ahmed Trustee 12 May 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 15/03/2023 15/03/2024
Total gross income £9.47k £4.92k
Total expenditure £9.44k £4.97k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A

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 15 March 2024 09 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 March 2024 09 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 15 March 2023 01 July 2024 168 days late
Accounts and TAR 15 March 2023 01 July 2024 168 days late 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 May 2022

Charitable objects

PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK AND THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK AND THE GAMBIA BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO PEOPLE IN THE MAINTENANCE AND RECOVERY OF MENTAL ILL HEALTH AND THE PROMOTION OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.

Contact information

Address:
8 PERRY VALE
FOREST HILL
LONDON
SE23 2LD
Phone:
07572105791
Email:
ECFL@yahoo.com
Website:

No information available