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.

Objects

The objects of the charity ('the Objects') are such charitable purposes for the public benefit (according to the law of England and Wales) as the charity trustees see fit from time to time and which are in accordance with the Christian roots and ethos of the charity including in particular, but not exclusively:a. the advancement of the education of children and families, in Haxton, the London Borough of Hackney and surrounding areas, through providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for activities in which the children , parents and carers can participate together;b. the promotion of social welfare, social cohesion and social capital, through the provision of recreational and community facilities for the families and residents of Haxton, the London Borough of Hackney and surrounding areas so that their conditions of life may be improved; andc. the relief of poverty amongst families in Haxton and the London Borough of Hackney and surrounding areas, in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit.

Area of benefit: LONDON,UK AND WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• RITZ STEYTLERchair
• Andrew Sydney Large · trustee of 2 other charities
• Bethan Lisa Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Abrams · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT ADAM BYK · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah McMurtrie

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD income £2.3m
• CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL income £189k
• WEST STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
• SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £141k
• THE FAMILY HAVEN income £268k
• OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £817k

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