Registered charity · London
Ascension Community Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £470k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
- Where
- Newham
- Website
- www.ascensioncommunitytrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ascension Community Trust
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£470k£340k
- 2024£331k£401k
- 2023£508k£428k
Earlier years
- 2022£243k£243k
- 2021£198k£197k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) AMONGST THE ELDERLY;2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION;3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN SKILLS RELEVANT TO SECURING EMPLOYMENT;4) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH5) THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE
Grants received
47 grants · £1,646,378 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
- Trussell · £618,257 (8 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £264,416 (7 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £235,720 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £154,000 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £145,660 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Rev Dave Chesney Chair since 2013
- Alistair Macdonald
- Cheryl Georgina Crombie since 2015
- Helen Fernandes since 2024
- Michael Geoffrey John Yeatts since 2020
- Rev Rebecca Jane Rogers since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Dave Chesney Chair since 2013
- Cheryl Georgina Crombie since 2015
- Michael Geoffrey John Yeatts since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rev Dave Chesney Chair since 2013
- Alistair Macdonald
- Cheryl Georgina Crombie since 2015
- Michael Geoffrey John Yeatts since 2020
- Rev Rebecca Jane Rogers since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Helen Fernandes since 2024
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1091887
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 21ST MARCH 2001 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 14TH APRIL 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04184090 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02075111232 · sebastianhouse@freeuk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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