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Registered charity · London

The Hackney Foodbank

The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding areas or in other parts of the United Kingdom in such ways as the trustees from time to time think fit and expresses the Christian roots of the charity, in particular,...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Hackney
Website
www.hackney.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Hackney Foodbank
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£1.8m
  • 2024£2.0m£2.3m
  • 2022£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.2m£788k
  • 2020£1.4m£667k
Charitable objects

The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding areas or in other parts of the United Kingdom in such ways as the trustees from time to time think fit and expresses the Christian roots of the charity, in particular, but not exclusively by: (a) providing emergency food and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty (b) such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 11Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 11Education 2Professional services 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.0 in 2020

23 from 6 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1149896
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 DEC 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/11/2012 as amended on 26 Oct 2019 as amended on 14 Jan 2021 as amended on 17 Jun 2025
Companies House
Company number 07877042 · Active
Contact on the register
02072542464 · info@hackney.foodbank.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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