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Social Square (UK)

Social Square (UK) is a registered charity (number 1156392) based in London, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Mirel Hopstein since 2014. Latest income £57k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £57k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Hackney
Linked company
Social Square (UK)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£57k£66k
  • 2024£97k£121k
  • 2023£89k£78k
Earlier years
  • 2022£65k£65k
  • 2021£84k£83k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

I. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.III. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH PROVISION BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.IV. THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

5 grants · £54,975 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

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £5,0002024-05-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-01-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9752022-06-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002015-07-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002014-02-13
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.

3 trustees on the board

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

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 7Property 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£57k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1156392
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2013
Companies House
Company number 08668684 · Active
Contact on the register
02088096519 · info@socialsquareuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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