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Hackney Shed (CIO)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1139394LondonDisability
Income£175k2025-08-31
Spending£195ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctDisability
Registered2010CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Hackney Shed (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hackney Shed (CIO) reported income of £175k and spending of £195k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £105k to £175k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hackney Shed (CIO) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercia Ms Therapy Centre Ltd (£175k), The Alliance for Youth Justice (£176k) and England Amputee Football Association (£175k).

Income and spending

£0£49k£97k£146k£195k2021 Income: £105,1462021 Spending: £109,09420212022 Income: £126,3992022 Spending: £112,84920222023 Income: £181,6682023 Spending: £140,77820232024 Income: £183,6562024 Spending: £163,71720242025 Income: £175,4942025 Spending: £194,7942025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Hackney Shed provides inclusive theatre workshops for young people under 26 some of whom require support with communication, mobility, behaviour skills and social development. Its purpose is to increase participation in performing arts, social inclusion skills and community cohesion, benefitting children and young people through education, creating plays, workshops, public performances and events.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Mercia Ms Therapy Centre LtdCoventry£175k
The Alliance for Youth JusticeLondon£176k
England Amputee Football AssociationSouthport£175k
Keynsham and District Mencap SocietyBristol£176k