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HELLENIC COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1010360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HELLENIC CENTRE

Cultural and community: Providing/running a community centre (the Hellenic Centre) by means of cultural, social and traditional activities, events and functions.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£911k
Latest spending
£910k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £94,508, continuing a trend of financial recovery from pandemic impacts. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £722,645 are below their stated policy target of twelve months' overheads, yet they remain confident that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve months’ overheads (held: £723k)
“The Trustees consider that the minimum level of free reserves should be not less then twelve months’ overheads of the Trust.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£911k
Total spending
£910k
Cost of raising funds
£289k
Reserves (reported)
£3.4m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~44.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (39% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£911k£910k
31/12/2024£709k£803k
31/12/2023£746k£832k
31/12/2022£582k£767k
31/12/2021£524k£596k

Common questions

Is HELLENIC COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £94,508, continuing a trend of financial recovery from pandemic impacts. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £722,645 are below their stated policy target of twelve months' overheads, yet they remain confident that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

What does the highest-paid employee of HELLENIC COMMUNITY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds HELLENIC COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HELLENIC COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)FY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2014£9kRepair of the windows at the front and back of the building
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2004£5kThe Hellenic Centres Drama Club