Volunteer Centre Hackney

Analysis

Volunteer Centre Hackney is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hackney. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03357999). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Volunteer Centre Hackney reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £564k to £1.2m (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Volunteer Centre Hackney sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kentown Wizard Foundation (£1.2m), Learning Space (£1.2m) and Cool Behaviour Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28k. Reserves of £229k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.