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HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1062085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£4.1m
Registered
1997

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£4.1m
Cost of raising funds
£71k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
59

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.4m£4.1m
31/03/2024£3.7m£4.1m
31/03/2023£3.4m£3.7m
31/03/2022£2.9m£3.3m
31/03/2021£1.9m£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION, MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
The Portal TrustFY2024£16k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£5k
THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATIONFY2024£4k
MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£149

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2025£301k"Hackney Empire - The Heart of Hackney. Saving the heritage of East London’s changing communities and the Popular programmes they have shaped."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2001£4.6m"Hackney Empire Theatre"