ACKEE HOUSING PROJECT

Registered charity 286403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ackee provides medium to long term supportive shared and self contained accommodation to 21 single black women between the ages of 17 and 21, leaving care or otherwise vulnerable. Ackee supports the women to gain necessary skills for independent living, and offers counseling and advice on other aspects of life skills training, e.g. education, employment, budgeting etc.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SINGLE HOMELESS YOUNG PERSONS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY WHO ARE IN NEED AND REQUIRE ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE AND ARE UNABLE TO ABTAIN ANY SUITABLE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was stable, with total income of £307,995 exceeding expenditure of £236,963, resulting in a net surplus. Unrestricted reserves are maintained at £1,294,093, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover contractual obligations and unforeseen eventualities for a minimum of six months.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAZEL ELLIS
• YVETTE THOMAS

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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