Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

EKOTA CARE TRUST LIMITED

Lunch Club and Socialisation Activities for older and disadvantaged people.Raising the educational abilities of children through a Home Work Club Programme, Supplementary Education.Activities promoting better health & wellbeing.Community engagement, community development work, initiatives that promotes better integration of communities of people from different communities and backgrounds
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£46£58£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£61£61£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£57£43£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£12£16£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£13£3£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£15£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

ekotacaretrust31@gmail.com

07921 020 441

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£68,570
National Lottery Community Fund£19,910
Postcode Society Trust£11,905
DCMS£9,995
The London Community Foundation£9,770
Garfield Weston Foundation£6,000
Co-Operative Group£2,255
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ekota Care Trust Limited
£2,255 22/10/2022
We plan to organise a food parcel distribution programme to help vulnerable and at risk older people and older people with a disability who are experiencing food poverty.
Postcode Society Trust - Breaking Poverty Cycle for Older People
£11,905 27/08/2022
The funding will help break the cycle of poverty faced by disadvantaged older people by giving the necessary advice, skills & opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills for Change
£9,960 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to employ an advisor to support older people with information and training around subjects including budgeting digital skills and energy efficiency. The project aims to address the challenges experienced in ethnic minority ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Ekota Care Trust Limited
£60,000 24/09/2021
35
To support the organisation's work to combat the isolation and loneliness experienced by vulnerable older people from Newham's BAME communities which has impacted their health and emotional wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,000 16/07/2021
Covid-19 Emergency Older People’s Support Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking Forward
£9,950 19/03/2021
11
This project will support the physical and emotional wellbeing of older BAME people in the community that have been affected by COVID. It will support them to adapt to new challenges to build confidence to leave their home and reduce isolation. The ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Ekota Care Trust
£9,770 01/12/2020
14
The funding is for to enable Ekota to address the impact of the food poverty faced by vulnerable BAME older and disabled people during this pandemic crisis. The funding will be used to prepare and deliver a freshly cooked hot meal twice a week ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3
£8,570 13/08/2020
6
The funding is for help towards supporting vulnerable BAME older people having access to accurate information that is critical to ensuring that they have clear messages on staying physically and mentally healthy and prepares them to resume daily ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,995 09/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Drop in service for Older People
£9,760 08/03/2019
12
The project will deliver a programme of support activities that are designed to meet the needs of older people. The aim is to improve levels of wellbeing and to highlight public services that are available in the local area.
Sport England - Our Olympic Dreams - London to Rio to Newham
£8,552 14/03/2017
9
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Our Olympic Dreams - London to Rio to Newham. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 49-60
  • ABU SUFIAN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • OYAS MIAH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • SHEIKH MOHITUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2014, number: 1156253
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/04/2013, number: 08508741
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

59 Stephens Road
Stratford
London
E15 3JJ

Objectives

TO SUPPORT SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOLLOWING:-1.)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;2.)TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;3.)TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT;4.)TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH; AND5.)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL HEALTH, POOR HOUSING OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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