CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE
ADVICE AND WELFARE BENEFITS SUPPORT TO UNPAID CARERS, STATUTORY CARERS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, OTHER PROJECT BASED WORK AND COUNSELLING SERVICE AVAILABLE.
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THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES ARISING FROM AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, TRAINING, ADVOCACY, COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION TO THOSE PERSONS CARING FOR PERSONS WITH SUCH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,986 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £126,134. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for more than 12 months. The charity's reserves policy targets between £74,000 and £147,000, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £126,134 fall within this target range.
What the accounts disclose
“The Board of Trustees decided the desired level of the "free" reserves should be between 3 and 6 months recurrent expenditure. As reported above expenditure in the year was £296k . This puts a target for the unrestricted reserves between £74,000 and £147,000”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 11
- Government income: £134,595 — grants £134,595 (2); 49% of the £274,874 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £92,761 — contracts £62,961 (2), grants £29,800 (3); 35% of the £264,253 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 7
- Government income: £10,000 — contracts £10,000 (1); 5% of the £197,150 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/02/2024, 2 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Trustees
- Angelina Bernadette Dalychair
- Babatunde Cassim Prince Adepegba
- Frank Fouad Rejwan
- James Simon Hickinbotham
- Jasmine Adanne Martins
- John Fyson
- MR JONATHAN PASSMAN
- Maria Shevchenko
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £275k | £296k |
| 31/03/2024 | £264k | £265k |
| 31/03/2023 | £197k | £204k |
| 31/03/2022 | £225k | £227k |
| 31/03/2021 | £276k | £219k |
Common questions
Is CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,986 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £126,134. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for more than 12 months. The charity's reserves policy targets between £74,000 and £147,000, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £126,134 fall within this target range. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, LONDON CATALYST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARERS TRUST | FY2025 | £64k | Grant to Network Partner |
| LONDON CATALYST | FY2022 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 28/05/2026 | £20k | Poverty Reduction & Financial Resilience for Unpaid Carers |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/11/2025 | £493k | East End Young Adult Carers |
| Hackney Council | 15/10/2025 | £22k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 15/10/2025 | £22k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 04/01/2025 | £17k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 04/01/2025 | £17k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 04/01/2025 | £15k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 04/01/2025 | £15k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| City Bridge Foundation | 21/06/2024 | £101k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 05/09/2023 | £20k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 05/09/2023 | £20k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 09/05/2023 | £40k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 09/05/2023 | £40k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 13/10/2022 | £23k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 13/10/2022 | £23k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 28/09/2022 | £10k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 28/09/2022 | £10k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| City Bridge Foundation | 26/03/2021 | £141k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| London Borough of Hackney | 24/03/2021 | £20k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| Hackney Council | 24/03/2021 | £20k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| The Mercers' Company | 29/01/2020 | £42k | Grant to City and Hackney Carers |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/12/2013 | £120k | Reaching Out |
| City Bridge Foundation | 28/07/2011 | £111k | Grant to City & Hackney Carers Centre |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/11/2005 | £172k | Development of Advice Service |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION | 1 | £1.3m |
| THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION | 1 | £682k |
| THE HEALTH FOUNDATION | 1 | £496k |
| THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £300k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| THE DULVERTON TRUST | 1 | £145k |
| Tinsley Charitable Trust | 1 | £50k |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | 1 | £42k |
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- Camden Carers
- ENFIELD CARERS CENTRE
- CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE
- CARE FOR THE CARERS
- SUTTON CARERS CENTRE CHARITY COMPANY
- COUNSEL AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE | £275k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| Camden Carers | £1.1m | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| ENFIELD CARERS CENTRE | £1.5m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE | £694k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CARE FOR THE CARERS | £1.7m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SUTTON CARERS CENTRE CHARITY COMPANY | £733k | more than £60,000 | 1 | above | — | no doubt |