IVY STREET FAMILY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1088854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOXTON VINEYARD

Ivy Street Family Centre provides services to pre-school children and their families/carers, including term-time drop-in sessions as well as support for expectant mothers in need.

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Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£195k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £108,782 to £74,854, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(33,928). The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months' operating expenses, which equated to a target of £21,000, a level the charity exceeded with its year-end cash funds of £74,854. The filing notes that the accounts do not present a 'true and fair' view due to being prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' operating expenses (held: £75k)
The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ operating expenses. This equated throughout the year to a cash reserve of £21,000. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Angela Large, spouse of Trustee Andrew Large, received a gross salary of £13,649.
Angela Large, spouse of Andrew Large a Trustee, was employed as Director of Services to provide executive oversight for the Ivy Street Family Centre during the year receiving a gross salary of £13,649 (2023: £13,649) — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties
During the year the charity: a) received donations totalling £1,007 (2023: £132,926) from related parties (which includes trustees, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them).
Angela Large, spouse of Andrew Large a Trustee, was employed as Director of Services to provide executive oversight for the Ivy Street Family Centre during the year receiving a gross salary of £13,649 (2023: £13,649) — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Employment of trustee's spouse
During the year the charity: a) received donations totalling £1,007 (2023: £132,926) from related parties (which includes trustees, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them).
Angela Large, spouse of Andrew Large a Trustee, was employed as Director of Services to provide executive oversight for the Ivy Street Family Centre during the year receiving a gross salary of £13,649 (2023: £13,649) — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£106k£195k
31/12/2023£235k£86k
31/12/2022£203k£70k
31/12/2021£126k£92k
31/12/2020£63k£65k

Common questions

Is IVY STREET FAMILY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £108,782 to £74,854, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(33,928). The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months' operating expenses, which equated to a target of £21,000, a level the charity exceeded with its year-end cash funds of £74,854. The filing notes that the accounts do not present a 'true and fair' view due to being prepared on a receipts and payments basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£15kGrant to Ivy Street Family Centre Trust
Hackney Council04/01/2025£15kGrant to Ivy Street Family Centre Trust
London Borough of Hackney28/03/2022£58kGrant to Ivy Street Family Centre Trust
Hackney Council28/03/2022£20kGrant to Ivy Street Family Centre Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2013£6kIvy Street Family Centre Community Audit

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IVY STREET FAMILY CENTRE TRUST£106k0unclearno doubt
FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD FY2025£2.3m0belowno doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k0unclearno doubt
WEST STREET PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt
SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£141k0unclearno doubt
THE FAMILY HAVEN FY2025£268k0belowno doubt

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