MADE IN HACKNEY

Registered charity 1176690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cookery, nutrition and food growing classes to advance public health and inspire more environmentally sustainable food choices. Charity supports a variety of groups in need such as young carers, long term unemployed, low income families and individuals, pensioners, vulnerable young people, people with health challenges, people with learning difficulties and minority cultural/ethnic groups.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £39,530 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £541,605 to £502,075. Unrestricted reserves stood at £321,978, which the trustees confirmed was meeting their stated policy target of six months' core operating costs. The trustees expressed confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern despite economic headwinds.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Mr Organic — “The £15,000 raised by our supporters was matched by our generous funders, Mr Organic and Support+Feed — together making the full target poss…” (source page)
• Support+Feed — “The £15,000 raised by our supporters was matched by our generous funders, Mr Organic and Support+Feed — together making the full target poss…” (source page)
• National Lottery — “Thank You to the National Lottery: Supporting Cook & Connect” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 12.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Preedychair
• Ayesha Oumeira Tegally
• Beth Leonie Swords
• Edward Felix Mendez
• Emily Gussin
• James Henry Mott
• Jenny Yi-Ping Chu
• Makar Tsurkan
• Pranay Manocha
• Yasmin Moore

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HACKNEY FOODBANK.

• THE HACKNEY FOODBANK income £1.8m
• WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £151k
• COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD income £114k
• SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £151k
• YOU MAKE IT income £295k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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