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Ahava Community Ltd

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1148286RomfordHealth and saving lives
Income£569k2025-03-31
Spending£569ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2012Charitable company
Employees19latest return

Analysis

Ahava Community Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07945052). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ahava Community Ltd reported income of £569k and spending of £569k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £569k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ahava Community Ltd sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cymdeithas Elusennol Ynys Mon (£568k), The Hinduja Foundation (£569k) and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Limited (£568k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 56%, charitable activities 35% and donations and legacies 8.8%. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 9.6%. It employed 19 people.

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.

Income and spending

£0£369k£737k£1.1m£1.5m2021 Income: £1,235,8052021 Spending: £1,031,50220212022 Income: £1,198,1402022 Spending: £1,474,50120222023 Income: £830,5522023 Spending: £1,012,90020232024 Income: £662,0692024 Spending: £734,63920242025 Income: £568,6222025 Spending: £568,7742025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 8.8%
  • Charitable activities 35%
  • Trading 56%
  • Investments 0.0%

In the charity's own words

We provide the Catalyst Night shelter for 32 people from the London Borough of Havering, together with 8 units of Thrive supported housing and social enterprise within 6 shops and a cafe.

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Captain Paul Watson Foundation UKLondon£569k