HOUSE OF HODGE

Registered charity 1193789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

House of Hodge is a retail charity shop in Highbury/Finsbury Park, London selling second-hand books and some CDs, DVDs and vinyl to raise funds to support mainly local organizations that offer care, protection, medical treatment, security and overall humane treatment to animals. We also offer financial help to support local pet owners for the care and treatment of their animal(s).

Objects

To promote humane behaviour towards animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage by:- (a) supporting local organisations providing care, protection, medical treatment, security and overall humane treatment to animals by making annual charitable financial donations, and (b) supporting local pet owners who are in financial difficulty by providing financial assistance towards the care and treatment of their animals, in partnership with local veterinary service providers.To advance the education of the public in the subject of literacy in the English language by providing financial support/grants to literacy projects run by specialist organisations.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £35,893 with total expenditure of £29,013, resulting in a net surplus of £6,880 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £22,887, which the trustees confirm is 'comfortably in excess' of their stated policy target of £10,000. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shetal Lakhachair
• Cecile Claude David
• Susan Helen Searle
• Tara Monjazeb

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

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