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HACKNEY JOINT ESTATE CHARITY

Registered charity 219875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HJEC, THE ST JOHN, HACKNEY, JOINT ESTATES CHARITIES

The Charity acts as a landlord, letting out commercial and residential properties. The net income, after payment of administrative expenses is then distributed to three constituent charities.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £1,416,207 to £493,476, while endowment funds increased to £30,930,027 due to a property revaluation gain. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the independent auditor issued a qualified opinion due to an inability to obtain sufficient evidence regarding the valuation of investment properties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Audit opinion: qualified
“Accordingly, our audit opinion is qualified due to this limitation of scope.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Qualified audit opinion due to limitation of scope regarding fixed asset investments.
“Accordingly, our audit opinion is qualified due to this limitation of scope.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dunkley's. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£493k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 59.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.5m£971k
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.0m

Common questions

Is HACKNEY JOINT ESTATE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £1,416,207 to £493,476, while endowment funds increased to £30,930,027 due to a property revaluation gain. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the independent auditor issued a qualified opinion due to an inability to obtain sufficient evidence regarding the valuation of investment properties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dunkley's.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HACKNEY JOINT ESTATE CHARITY£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY FY2025£151k—0above14.8%no doubt
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES FY2025£227k—0unclear—no doubt
HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY FY2025£4.2m——unclear—no doubt
LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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