Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours

Analysis

Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours reported income of £190k and spending of £210k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £250k to £190k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Goldhill Family Charitable Trust (£189k), Anand & Sethi Family Charity Trust (£190k) and The J P Marland Charitable Trust (£189k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.