Registered charity · London
Choice in Hackney
- 7 trustees
- Income £169k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.choiceinhackney.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Choice in Hackney
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£169k£284k
- 2024£319k£287k
- 2023£341k£230k
Earlier years
- 2022£272k£220k
- 2021£302k£255k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 48% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO RELIEVE DISABLED PERSONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BENEFICIARIES) IN GREATER LONDON WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LEAD FULFILLING LIVES WITH SUCH ASSISTANCE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE WHICH ASSISTS SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS TO THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE.
Grants received
22 grants · £1,270,973 total360Giving 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £477,950 (5 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £399,900 (3 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £258,595 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £45,664 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Hackney Council
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew Price since 2020
- Bharat Siyani since 2020
- Charles Palmer since 2025
- Debra Schiman since 2013
- Kay Mcmahon since 2025
- Mary Helen Julian
- Thomas Brayford since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Bharat Siyani since 2020
- Debra Schiman since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Price since 2020
- Bharat Siyani since 2020
- Charles Palmer since 2025
- Debra Schiman since 2013
- Kay Mcmahon since 2025
- Mary Helen Julian
- Thomas Brayford since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1077287
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 21 AUGUST 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 JULY 2008 as amended on 16 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03423122 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076133206 · admin@choiceinhackney.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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