# START PERFORMING COMMUNITY ORGANISATION (SPCO)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139530
- **Other names:** STREET PERFORMER COMMUNITY ORGANISATION, SPCO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 29, 2010
- **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=1139530


## Contact

- **Address:** 277A VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E9 5DY
- **Phone:** 02035566470
- **Email:** INFO@SPCO.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.spco.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS;TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THEPERFORMING ARTS;TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY PROMOTINGACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDSAND BY CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THELAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEIN THIS CLAUSE REFERENCE TO "THE PUBLIC" MEANS THE RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO THE LONDONBOROUGHS OF HACKNEY, WALTHAM FOREST, TOWER HAMLETS, NEWHAM AND GREENWICH(HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "OLYMPIC BOROUGHS')

**Activities:** School twinning program between London schools and Black Johnson School of Excellence and Leadership, Sierra Leone focusing on the arts as a method of engagement and education.Cultural exchange through music, food, presentations, pen-pal schemes and entertainment.On line dialogue, ideas art and toy exchange.

**Area of benefit:** HACKNEY, WALTHAM FOREST, TOWER HAMLETS, NEWHAM AND GREENWICH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Sierra Leone
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Newham
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £2450 | £2400 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £4505 | £4490 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £2932 | £2810 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £7562 | £7501 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £5705 | £5650 | — | — |



## Trustees

- JAMES TONNER
- Maria Angeles Hidalgo Becerra — appointed July 12, 2021
- Teddy Mbabazi — appointed July 12, 2021