LATIN ELEPHANT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 15 September 2014
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £274,249
Latest expenditure: £148,401
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Office 3, 2 Spare Street, LONDON

Website recorded by the regulator: www.latinelephant.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Current Activities: Latin Elephant is striving to ensure that migrant and racialised groups are adequately represented and engaged in regeneration initiatives in London, in particular in Elephant and Castle.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 26 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £274,249
Total Gross Expenditure: £148,401

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 26 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £157,038
Total Gross Expenditure: £140,085

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 4 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 4 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £157,459
Total Gross Expenditure: £145,385

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 23 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £141,245
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,940

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 9 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 9 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £127,356
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,878

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £274,249
Total Gross Expenditure: £148,401
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 9

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 26 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £157,038
Total Gross Expenditure: £140,085
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,908
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 4 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £157,459
Total Gross Expenditure: £145,385
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £3,600
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £141,245
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,940
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
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: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 9 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £127,356
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,878
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
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: 4

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: LATIN ELEPHANT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2014-09-15T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Sep 2014 as amended on 01 Oct 2026
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED BOROUGHS OF LONDON (IN PARTICULAR ELEPHANT AND CASTLE, SOUTHWARK) WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: 1.PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;2. INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN URBAN REGENERATION INITIATIVES, AND IN ADVOCACY FOR INCLUSION IN SUCH ENGAGEMENT, IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVE. 3. ENGAGING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO INFORM THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures