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CHOICE IN HACKNEY

Registered charity 1077287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Independent Living services to disabled Londoners aged 16+. ADVOCACY-supporting disabled person to obtain his/her rights. VOLUNTEERING-supports disabled people with befriending, escorting etc. TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT-train disabled people as advocates. Production of e-news to aid employability of disabled people. ACTIVE LIFESTYLE-volunteers support disabled people with sport activities.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£169k
Latest spending
£284k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £115,281 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £140,603 to £98,921. Despite this financial loss, the trustees confirm that the charity will continue as a going concern into 2028 and beyond, citing secured multi-year funding and healthy restricted fund levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Over £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“1 employee earned more than £60,000 during the year under review” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 employee earned more than £60,000 during the year under review” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£169k£284k
31/03/2024£319k£287k
31/03/2023£341k£230k
31/03/2022£272k£220k
31/03/2021£302k£255k

Common questions

Is CHOICE IN HACKNEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £115,281 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £140,603 to £98,921. Despite this financial loss, the trustees confirm that the charity will continue as a going concern into 2028 and beyond, citing secured multi-year funding and healthy restricted fund levels. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CHOICE IN HACKNEY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CHOICE IN HACKNEY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHOICE IN HACKNEY as a grant recipient include HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES, SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2023£25k
SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITYFY2022£15k
SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITYFY2023£7k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2022£6k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£5kGrant category header
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2026£951kEmpowering Disabled People through Advocacy and Employment
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2026£20kBefriending Plus / Volunteer Project
London Borough of Hackney15/10/2025£22kGrant to CHOICE IN HACKNEY
Hackney Council15/10/2025£22kGrant to CHOICE IN HACKNEY
City Bridge Foundation10/03/2023£294kGrant to Choice in Hackney
Disability Action01/11/2020£8kNET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2018£10kCHOICE Active Community Volunteers Project
City Bridge Foundation12/08/2016£34kGrant to Choice in Hackney
City Bridge Foundation30/10/2013£72kGrant to Choice in Hackney

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HALEY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£79k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£42k
THE A M FENTON TRUST1£41k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£33k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING1£10k
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE1£7k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHOICE IN HACKNEY£169kOver £60,0001unclear—no doubt
HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HACKNEY FY2025£3.6munclear2below—no doubt
DISABILITY ACTION YORKSHIRE FY2025£1.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear41.2%no doubt
CHOICES FY2025£152k—0above—no doubt
INDEPENDENT OPTIONS (NORTH WEST) FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt

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