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East London Business Alliance

Registered charity 1122173 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

8 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Amateur Sport 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 10Professional services 7Arts and leisure 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2021

44 from 60 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.elba-1.org.uk
Emailinfo@elba-1.org.uk
Phone02070686960
AddressEast London Business Alliance, 5 Greenwich View Place, London, E14 9NN

Finances

£3,452,672 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,621,332£3,220,647
2022£3,714,484£3,544,626
2023£3,929,046£3,979,023
2024£3,643,140£3,777,420
2025£3,452,672£3,427,984

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF CHARITIES, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES AND OTHER REGENERATION BODIES IN LONDON, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE ACTIVE IN THE EAST LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY, NEWHAM, TOWER HAMLETS, GREENWICH AND WALTHAM FOREST AS WELL AS ISLINGTON AND TO SUPPORT THEM IN DIRECT FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBJECTS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LONDON;(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN LONDON (AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOROUGHS REFERRED TO IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) ABOVE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; (B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; (D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASE OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES; (E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS; (F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT THE POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING; (G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; (H) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY THE REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; (I) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; (J) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; (K) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND (L) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/01/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2007AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28/08/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East London Business Alliance · 04138032 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/01/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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