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East END Citizens' Advice Bureaux
East END Citizens' Advice Bureaux is a registered charity (number 1082193) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Meena Kumari Chavda since 2025. Latest income £2.3m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2026)
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Who leads it
- Meena Kumari ChavdaChair · since 2025
- Alexander Steven LombosTrustee · since 2026
- Denise HaltonTrustee · since 2018
- James PetersTrustee · since 2018
- John Allen BolithoTrustee · since 2024
- Muddassar AhmedTrustee · since 2021
- Nicholas SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Sade EttiTrustee · since 2025
- Sharmin TakinTrustee · since 2016
- Zoe WilkinsTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets
- Website
- www.eastendcab.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- East END Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£2.3m£2.4m
- 2025£2.2m£2.1m
- 2024£2.1m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2023£2.3m£2.5m
- 2022£3.1m£2.9m
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 62%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN GREATER LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
29 grants · £4,952,982 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,098,345 (7 grants)
- Hackney Council · £1,346,978 (5 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £388,636 (3 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £383,253 (3 grants)
- Trust for London · £375,600 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Hackney Council
- Hackney Council
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Meena Kumari Chavda Chair since 2025
- Alexander Steven Lombos since 2026
- Denise Halton since 2018
- James Peters since 2018
- John Allen Bolitho since 2024
- Muddassar Ahmed since 2021
- Nicholas Smith since 2023
- Sade Etti since 2025
- Sharmin Takin since 2016
- Zoe Wilkins since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Denise Halton since 2018
- James Peters since 2018
- Sharmin Takin since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Meena Kumari Chavda Chair since 2025
- Alexander Steven Lombos since 2026
- Denise Halton since 2018
- James Peters since 2018
- John Allen Bolitho since 2024
- Muddassar Ahmed since 2021
- Nicholas Smith since 2023
- Sade Etti since 2025
- Sharmin Takin since 2016
- Zoe Wilkins since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082193
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/04/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 03324794 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02085256350
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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