THE HACKNEY SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1126736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Hackney Society organises events, produces publications & a regular newsletter, SPACES, to highlight the society's work, campaigns to protect local buildings of historical and/or architectural merit, promotes high standards of design, construction and conservation, and provide advice and support to local groups to help them improve their neighbourhoods

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE BROADLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA COMPRISINGTHE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND MORE SPECIFICALLY:(I) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE AND CONSERVATION IN OR AFFECTING THEAREA OF BENEFIT;(II) TO EDUCATE AND FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND CHARACTER OF THE AREAOF BENEFIT; AND(III) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OFHISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

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

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Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total incoming resources of £27,955 against resources expended of £25,632. Net assets increased to £56,015, comprising £56,015 in general funds and no restricted funds. The filing notes that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04574188

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.

• ADEKOYA, Oluwaseun Femi — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
• CHEN, Yang Yang — director, appointed 14/04/2026on trustee list
• BUSBY, Kathryn Jane — director, appointed 14/04/2026on trustee list
• EFFIOM, Ewa Edet — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• WINSLOW, Abigail Christine — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• BRIGGS, Robert James Scott — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Janet Alison — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• SHRIGLEY, Gordon John — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• LAFFERTY, Julia Christine — director, appointed 22/09/2012on trustee list
• BUSBY, Kathryn Jane — secretary, appointed 14/04/2026

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Christine Winslow
• Ewa Edet Effiom
• Gordon John Shrigley
• Janet Chapman
• Julia Christine Lafferty
• Kathryn Jane Busby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oluwaseun Femi Adekoya
• Robert James Scott Briggs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Yang Yang Chen

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 THE HACKNEY HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST.

• THE HACKNEY HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £197k
• HAGLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £80k
• THE LYNCHMERE SOCIETY income £62k
• WYKEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £99k
• A NEW THING income £136k
• HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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