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HOT Line Meals Service (London)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £425k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Hackney, Haringey
Website
hotlinemeals.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£425k£529k
  • 2024£535k£522k
  • 2023£604k£529k
Earlier years
  • 2022£482k£460k
  • 2021£609k£644k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE TEMPORARILY HOUSEBOUND OR WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR THEMSELVES BY PROVIDING KOSHER MEALS FOR SUCH PERSONS

Grants received

30 grants · £456,987 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £99,456
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £85,696 (8 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £75,600
  • The Childhood Trust · £70,590 (6 grants)
  • Hackney Council · £31,309 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-12-02
  • Hackney Council £19,2722025-10-15
  • Hackney CVS £5,0002025-10-07
  • Hackney Council £12,0382024-11-29
  • The Grocers' Charity £5,0002024-03-07
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Disability 3General Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£425k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1066575
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 5 AUGUST 1997 (AMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON 27 OCTOBER 1997 PENDING RATIFICATION AT A GENERAL MEETING)
Contact on the register
02088091931 · info@hotlinemeals.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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