East London Business Alliance

Analysis

East London Business Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04138032). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East London Business Alliance reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.6m to £3.5m (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East London Business Alliance sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soar Community (£3.4m), Lifeline Community Projects (£3.5m) and Let's Talk Well (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 45%, trading 29% and donations and legacies 25%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £656k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.