MANOR HOUSE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1127604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Champion of social and economic regeneration activities in North Hackney.Ownership of assets to promote wellbeing, community cohesion, education, and economic benefit

Objects

'THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(A) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(B) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(C) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(E) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(F) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;(G) THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES;(H) SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES OR OBJECTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE CHARITY OR OF ITS MEMBERS, SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES'.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £81,388 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £110,717. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of six months' expenditure, approximately £100,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £35k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 11.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN RICHARD ESSEX
• Grace Eleanor Cleary
• Leonie Clark
• Sarah Young Cllr
• Thomas Malcom Anthony-Morgan

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 MANOR AND CASTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED.

• MANOR AND CASTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £2.6m
• NORTHERN HULL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED income £3.4m
• THE MANOR TRUST BEDHAMPTON income £753k
• ASTON - MANSFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.2m
• MOAT HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST income £988k
• EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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