# AVENUES EAST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061241
- **Other names:** OPTUA (EAST ANGLIA), RETHINK DISABILITY, LEARNING THROUGH LEISURE, OPTUA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 13, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1061241


## Contact

- **Address:** The Avenues Trust, River House, 1 Maidstone Road, Sidcup
- **Postcode:** DA14 5TA
- **Phone:** 02035350500
- **Email:** info@avenuesgroup.org.uk
- **Website:** www.avenuesgroup.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE, AND TO ASSIST IN THE SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF, THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, COMPLEX NEEDS, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS, AUTISM, MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS

**Activities:** Avenues East is part of a Group of charities which pioneer specialist social care supporting people facing significant disadvantage through illness and disability so they can live full lives in their local communities. We also support adults and children in their own homes or residential settings who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues, acquired brain injury or dementia.

**Area of benefit:** EAST OF ENGLAND REGION (AS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE 1 OF THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ACT 1998)




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire
- Norfolk
- Shropshire
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £7476000 | £8205000 | £-1106000 | 258 |
| March 31, 2024 | £7644593 | £8076000 | £-377000 | 300 |
| March 31, 2023 | £7007068 | £7364661 | £54455 | 282 |
| March 31, 2022 | £6565010 | £6426409 | £412091 | 282 |
| March 31, 2021 | £6040000 | £5961000 | £273000 | 189 |



## Trustees

- ALISTAIR BROWN — appointed March 23, 2021
- EVLYNNE GILVARRY — appointed Feb. 4, 2020
- JOANNE LAND — appointed Oct. 9, 2019
- Lauren Stoner — appointed March 29, 2022
- Luis Hui — appointed Nov. 27, 2025
- NICOLA FORD — appointed Oct. 9, 2019
- TERENCE RICH — appointed Feb. 4, 2020