CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1054962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 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.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: HACKNEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£275k
Latest spending
£296k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of recurrent expenditure (held: £126k)
“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”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CARERS TRUSTFY2025£64kGrant to Network Partner
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2026£20kPoverty Reduction & Financial Resilience for Unpaid Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2025£493kEast End Young Adult Carers
Hackney Council15/10/2025£22kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney15/10/2025£22kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council04/01/2025£17kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£17kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£15kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council04/01/2025£15kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
City Bridge Foundation21/06/2024£101kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney05/09/2023£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council05/09/2023£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney09/05/2023£40kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council09/05/2023£40kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council13/10/2022£23kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney13/10/2022£23kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council28/09/2022£10kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney28/09/2022£10kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
City Bridge Foundation26/03/2021£141kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney24/03/2021£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
Hackney Council24/03/2021£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
The Mercers' Company29/01/2020£42kGrant to City and Hackney Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2013£120kReaching Out
City Bridge Foundation28/07/2011£111kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£172kDevelopment of Advice Service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Camden Carers.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE£275k—0within—no doubt
Camden Carers FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
ENFIELD CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE FY2025£694k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE FOR THE CARERS FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON CARERS CENTRE CHARITY COMPANY FY2025£733kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.