THE HACKNEY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1149896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY FOODBANK

The emergency provision of non-perishable food goods and signposting to those in need in the London Borough of Hackney and the surrounding areas.

Objects

The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding areas or in other parts of the United Kingdom in such ways as the trustees from time to time think fit and expresses the Christian roots of the charity, in particular, but not exclusively by: (a) providing emergency food and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty (b) such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £54,241 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £1,560,166 and expenditure of £1,598,980. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £712,500, which is noted as being 7% below the charity's policy target of six months of normal expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Limited. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07877042

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hackney Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• BENITEZ, Miriam Carrion — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• HOPKINS, Anneliese Frances — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• MAHONEY, Thomas Lee — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• HABIB, Fatima Mohamed — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• FORREST, Sarah Victoria — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
• PRZYBYSZEWSKA-DEMUREN, Kamila Dagny — director, appointed 26/01/2024on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Katharine Sarah — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
• PILE, Christopher David — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
• BETHEL, Tim — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
• BOISSON, Mark — director, appointed 07/04/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fatima Habibchair
• Annelies Frances Hopkins
• Kamila Dagny Przybyszewska-Demuren
• MARK BOISSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Miriam Carrion Benitez
• Sarah Forrest
• Thomas Lee Mahoney
• Tim Bethel
• dr Katharine Sarah Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JOHN'S SOUP KITCHEN AND FOOD BANK.

• ST JOHN'S SOUP KITCHEN AND FOOD BANK income £52k
• TEWKESBURY FOODBANK income £152k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY income £1.2m
• SHERBORNE FOOD BANK income £53k
• HARROGATE DISTRICT FOODBANK income £115k
• GILLINGHAM FOODBANK income £74k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.