# TROPICAL ISLES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1090798
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 26, 2002
- **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=1090798


## Contact

- **Address:** The Rose Lipman Building, Studio 8 & 11, 43 De Beauvoir Road, Hackney, London
- **Postcode:** N1 5SF
- **Phone:** 07985154932
- **Email:** info@tropicalislescarnival.org
- **Website:** http://www.tropicalislescarnival.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN IN THE ARTS (MEANING THE MUSICAL, VISUAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC OR ANY OTHER ARTS PROVIDED IN EACH CASE THEY ARE OF RECOGNISED CULTURAL, AESTHETIC OR EDUCATIONAL VALUE), CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL VALUES OF THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.B.  TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN TO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE OF THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AND SUBJECT OF ARTISTIC MERIT SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS MIGHT BE PROMOTED AND THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH A MULTI-RACIAL COMMUNITY HAS TO MAKE TO SOCIETY MIGHT BE ENHANCED, SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

**Activities:** Tropical Isles is a professional award-winning carnival arts organisation with creativity at its heart. At our East London home, we design and make costumes and create performances working with children and young people, professional designers and choreographers. We believe that through carnival arts we can inspire and drive creativity, that finally contributes to the development of young people.

**Area of benefit:** HACKNEY - STOKENEWINGTON




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £189832 | £183998 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £193838 | £162699 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £89933 | £109592 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £202939 | £189509 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £116705 | £112929 | — | — |



## Trustees

- DEIRDRE SCANTLEBURY
- JEFFERY STJEAN
- PEGGY PATRICIA MCKENZIE — appointed Feb. 28, 2013