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.

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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.

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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
Hackney Council24/03/2021£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
London Borough of Hackney24/03/2021£20kGrant to City & Hackney Carers Centre
The Mercers' Company29/01/2020£42kGrant to City and Hackney Carers
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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE£275k—0within—no doubt
EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED FY2025£492k—0within—no doubt
ENFIELD CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
CARE FOR THE CARERS FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
BARNET CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt
Carers Choices FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt

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