HACKNEY CITY FARM LIMITED

Registered charity 291211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY CITY FARM

Provides learning and recreational activities based on farming, the countryside and the wider environment to people living in the East End of London

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £324,980, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £16,806 for the year, supported by diversified income streams including trading activities and grants.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01883734

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.

• O’CEARNAIGH, Roisin — director, appointed 28/05/2025not on trustee list
• PERRY, Susannah — director, appointed 28/05/2025on trustee list
• FUSCOE, Jan — director, appointed 15/11/2023on trustee list
• LEWIS, Catrin — director, appointed 01/01/2014on trustee list
• BROOK, David Leslie — director, appointed 23/01/2000not on trustee list
• ALMASY, Sergio — director, appointed 06/12/1998on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 77.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BROOK BA LLDchair
• Catrin Lewis
• Jan Fuscoe
• Roisin O'Cearnaigh
• SERGIO ALMASY
• Susannah Perry

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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
• KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED income £389k
• VAUXHALL (CITY) FARM LTD income £713k
• ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM income £765k
• HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED income £3.4m
• SPITALFIELDS FARM ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £591k

Side by side with its peers

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