ACTION FOR BOW — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 10 June 2004
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £3,244
Latest expenditure: £249,774
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: C/O Bromley by Bow Centre, St Leonard's Street, Bow, London, E3 3BT

02 Activities

What the charity does

Grants to organisations to provide services in Bow, East London that will promote local social and economic regeneration.In particular: education and skills training; employment opportunities; recreational and cultural amenities; environmental and quality of life; regeneration and reduction of poverty; health promotion;crime prevention.Match funding will normally be requested from other bodies

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £3,244
Total Gross Expenditure: £249,774

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 23 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £9,158
Total Gross Expenditure: £326,676

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,862
Total Gross Expenditure: £309,864

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £15,326
Total Gross Expenditure: £123,445

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 3 July 2021
Total Gross Income: £785
Total Gross Expenditure: £219,068

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £15,326
Total Gross Expenditure: £123,445
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Tower Hamlets
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ACTION FOR BOW
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2004-06-10T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 9 DECEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 5 JUNE 2004.
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS ARE BY MEANS OF MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS OPERATING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, DISREGARDING RACE, RELIGION, POLITICAL PERSUASION OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC:(A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(B) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;(II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(III) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT;(IV) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(V) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(VII) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;(VIII) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE;(D) TO BENEFIT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(E) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE EAST AND WEST BOW

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests