Likewise Community

Registered charity 1109639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLY CROSS CENTRE TRUST, Likewise

HCCT grew out of the King's Cross community's direct action to the problems and needs that they saw around them. Our projects may have grown but the ethos of everyone matters remains as strong as ever. We are driven by the belief that everyone has the right to define their own identity and be free to explore the full range of their potential.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £840,661, which the trustees report as covering 10.84 months of operating expenditure, exceeding their stated policy target of six months. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and SORP requirements, with no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05436062

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.

• DAMANI, Shanjay — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• LANGLEY, Alice — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• HACKE, Matthew — director, appointed 11/07/2022on trustee list
• WOOD, Jennifer — director, appointed 11/07/2022on trustee list
• BEECHING, Katherine — director, appointed 02/04/2020on trustee list
• WENDT, Hilary Raborg Houchin — director, appointed 26/04/2005on trustee list
• REGGIANI, Hugo — secretary, appointed 25/09/2019

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HILARY RABORG HOUCHIN WENDTchair
• Alice Langley
• Jennifer Wood
• Katherine Beeching
• Matthew Hacke
• Shanjay Damani

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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