VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY

Registered charity 1068104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY AGENCY FOR VOLUNTEERING, HACKNEY VOLUNTARY ACTION

The objectives of the charity are to promote the benefit of the community in the London Borough of Hackney by the promotion, support and development of voluntary services in the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £27k for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an increase in expenses to £1,224k against income of £1,197k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £127,310, which is below the Board's stated target of maintaining reserves at a minimum of 15% of annual costs. The trustees and auditors confirm that adequate resources exist for the charity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £65,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £75,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lauren Tobias — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hackney Council — “We are generously supported by the following organisations. Hackney Council” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Graychair
• Eleanor Stewart
• Olivia Fuller
• Omar Salih

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HACKNEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• HACKNEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.8m
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA income £630k
• SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £151k
• WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £151k
• THE HACKNEY FOODBANK income £1.8m
• ST. PANCRAS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £482k

Side by side with its peers

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