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Registered charity · London

Hackney City Farm Limited

Hackney City Farm Limited is a registered charity (number 291211) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by David Brook BA LLD. Latest income £507k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Hackney City Farm (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £507k (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, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hackney
Website
www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hackney City Farm Limited
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£507k£490k
  • 2024£460k£465k
  • 2023£523k£516k
Earlier years
  • 2022£497k£433k
  • 2021£496k£318k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY, NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS AND SURROUNDING AREAS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY, NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION, FARMING AND THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF ANIMALS IN COMMON AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC USE.(4) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY, NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(5) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS OF HACKNEY AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS

Grants received

22 grants · £1,287,150 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £842,957 (6 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £216,300 (2 grants)
  • Hackney Council · £187,863 (9 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £37,900 (4 grants)
  • Hackney CVS · £2,130

Most recent

  • City Bridge Trust £99,0002025-03-05
  • Hackney Council £19,2502025-01-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £13,2002024-07-04
  • Hackney Council £33,0002024-04-01
  • Hackney Council £12,9672022-05-13
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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£507k 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.

8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.6 in 2021

7 from 11 in 2023
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
291211
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 FEBRUARY 1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 APRIL 2009
Companies House
Company number 01883734 · Active
Contact on the register
02077296381 · farm@hackneycityfarm.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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