Hackney Parochial Charities

Analysis

Hackney Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hackney Parochial Charities reported income of £227k and spending of £338k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £369k to £227k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hackney Parochial Charities sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R S Charitable Trust (£227k), Keighley Furniture Project (£228k) and The Schreib Trust (£227k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.