Hackney Community Law Centre

Analysis

Hackney Community Law Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02662363). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hackney Community Law Centre reported income of £697k and spending of £581k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £873k to £697k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hackney Community Law Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support and Action for Women's Network (Sawn) (£697k), Shama Womens Centre (£697k) and Plias Resettlement Ltd (£696k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 6.9% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 31 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.