Registered charity · London
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hackney
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hackney is a registered charity (number 1158545) based in London, governed by 31 trustees and chaired by Al Gordon since 2019. Latest income £3.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as The Parish of Hackney (Charity Commission)
- 31 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.
Official record Charity Commission · updated 18th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password
Network
The large node is The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hackney. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.
Who leads it
- Al GordonChair · since 2019
- Al MarshTrustee · since 2024
- Andrew BuskTrustee · since 2024
- Ari HelgasonTrustee · since 2026
- Ayo AfolabiTrustee · since 2024
- Ayo AfolabiTrustee · since 2025
- Ayomikun ThomasTrustee · since 2026
- Ben CoombsTrustee · since 2025
- Desmond BrownTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Michelle FontaineTrustee · since 2019
- Ebube EgwuonwuTrustee · since 2025
- Ellie PageTrustee · since 2024
- Farida PashiTrustee · since 2025
- Gloria GaspardTrustee · since 2025
- Graeme NicollTrustee · since 2019
- Jade Osei-OsafoTrustee · since 2026
- Jennifer JamieTrustee · since 2019
- Karen PluessTrustee · since 2025
- Leroy LoganTrustee · since 2025
- Linda HarrisTrustee · since 2019
- Lydia TaiwoTrustee · since 2026
- Muneni ChirindaTrustee · since 2026
- Natasha DuursmaTrustee · since 2022
- Olufisayo SonugaTrustee · since 2019
- Polly LorimerTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Naomi Maxwell-BabatundeTrustee · since 2021
- Samuel Lawson JohnstonTrustee · since 2019
- Sophie HowardTrustee · since 2025
- Temitope TaiwoTrustee · since 2021
- Vera PreedyTrustee · since 2019
- Yvonne TapperTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Hackney
- Website
- www.saint.church (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£3.4m
- 2024£3.7m£3.5m
- 2023£2.6m£2.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£2.6m
- 2021£2.0m£2.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
Grants received
5 grants · £2,408,350 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,277,000 (2 grants)
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £101,350 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
31 trustees on the board
- Al Gordon Chair since 2019
- Al Marsh since 2024
- Andrew Busk since 2024
- Ari Helgason since 2026
- Ayo Afolabi since 2024
- Ayo Afolabi since 2025
- Ayomikun Thomas since 2026
- Ben Coombs since 2025
- Desmond Brown since 2025
- Dr Michelle Fontaine since 2019
- Ebube Egwuonwu since 2025
- Ellie Page since 2024
- Farida Pashi since 2025
- Gloria Gaspard since 2025
- Graeme Nicoll since 2019
- Jennifer Jamie since 2019
- Jade Osei-Osafo since 2026
- Karen Pluess since 2025
- Leroy Logan since 2025
- Linda Harris since 2019
- Lydia Taiwo since 2026
- Muneni Chirinda since 2026
- Natasha Duursma since 2022
- Olufisayo Sonuga since 2019
- Polly Lorimer since 2024
- Rev Naomi Maxwell-Babatunde since 2021
- Samuel Lawson Johnston since 2019
- Sophie Howard since 2025
- Temitope Taiwo since 2021
- Vera Preedy since 2019
- Yvonne Tapper since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Al Gordon Chair since 2019
- Dr Michelle Fontaine since 2019
- Graeme Nicoll since 2019
- Jennifer Jamie since 2019
- Linda Harris since 2019
- Olufisayo Sonuga since 2019
- Samuel Lawson Johnston since 2019
- Vera Preedy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (25)
- Al Marsh since 2024
- Andrew Busk since 2024
- Ari Helgason since 2026
- Ayo Afolabi since 2024
- Ayo Afolabi since 2025
- Ayomikun Thomas since 2026
- Ben Coombs since 2025
- Dr Michelle Fontaine since 2019
- Ebube Egwuonwu since 2025
- Ellie Page since 2024
- Farida Pashi since 2025
- Gloria Gaspard since 2025
- Jennifer Jamie since 2019
- Jade Osei-Osafo since 2026
- Karen Pluess since 2025
- Leroy Logan since 2025
- Linda Harris since 2019
- Lydia Taiwo since 2026
- Muneni Chirinda since 2026
- Natasha Duursma since 2022
- Olufisayo Sonuga since 2019
- Samuel Lawson Johnston since 2019
- Sophie Howard since 2025
- Temitope Taiwo since 2021
- Vera Preedy since 2019
Portfolio (6)
- Al Gordon Chair since 2019
- Desmond Brown since 2025
- Graeme Nicoll since 2019
- Polly Lorimer since 2024
- Rev Naomi Maxwell-Babatunde since 2021
- Yvonne Tapper 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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158545
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES THAT CAME INTO FORCE ON 02 JAN 1957 as amended on 01 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 02089855374 · hello@saint.church
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data