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

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

Latest income

£398k

Latest spending

£317k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: minimum of six months expenditure approximately £100,000 (held: £111k)

“The Directors and Trustees consider it prudent to maintain an adequate level of unrestricted reserves to cover the community centre's contractual commitments and provide sufficient working capital and have set this at minimum of six months expenditure approximately £100,000 (£200,000 per annum) for core running costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin 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)

Total income

£714k

Total spending

£602k

Cost of raising funds

£78k

Reserves (reported)

£34k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; 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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£398k	£317k
31/03/2024	£402k	£331k
31/03/2023	£298k	£310k
31/03/2022	£420k	£465k
31/03/2021	£714k	£602k

Common questions

Is MANOR HOUSE DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/03/2023	£1k	Windrush 75th Anniversary Community Celebration
Hackney Council	12/11/2020	£42k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
Hackney Council	12/11/2020	£14k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
London Borough of Hackney	12/11/2020	£14k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
London Borough of Hackney	12/11/2020	£42k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
London Borough of Hackney	26/08/2020	£20k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
Hackney Council	26/08/2020	£20k	Grant to Manor House Development Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/08/2012	£999k	Manor House PACT