Overall Score: 16 based on 18 data points
Finance: 2
Governance: 2
Support: 12
Strong growth: +2,
Dynamic board: +3, Mainly female board: -1,
Large volunteers +3, Supporters: +9

MADE IN HACKNEY 

Cookery, nutrition and food growing classes to advance public health and inspire more environmentally sustainable food choices. Charity supports a variety of groups in need such as young carers, long term unemployed, low income families and individuals, pensioners, vulnerable young people, people with health challenges, people with learning difficulties and minority cultural/ethnic groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 6 years

https://madeinhackney.org/

info@madeinhackney.org

02084424266

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/22£696£656£40£86£556£2664.99311
31/10/21£562£478£84£104£516£2275.710264
31/10/20£678£515£163£92£432£21457236
31/10/19£386£299£87n/an/an/an/an/a176
31/10/18£168£205£-37n/an/an/an/an/a100
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.1%
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 12.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 311 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£99,000
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation£61,503
City Bridge Trust£54,261
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
London Catalyst£9,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£3,639 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Hackney Council
£17,876 13/05/2022
Cooking with Love - Life changing cookery courses for adults and young people with caring responsibilities in Hackney to support their wellbeing as well as those they care for.
Crowdfunder
£20,000 04/05/2022
Covid response
Co-operative Group
£3,200 23/10/2021
We would provide 20 community cookery classes for 250 participants, giving people the inspiration to change their cooking and eating habits in order to reduce chronic ill health and improve wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation
£15,000 16/07/2021
Restoring community health and wellbeing in East London
London Catalyst
£3,200 21/06/2021
Co-curated cookery courses and improved partnership working to remove barriers to behaviour change for Diabetes patients
London Catalyst
£3,000 09/02/2021
Food friends - healthy eating telephone support
Hackney Council
£5,000 10/12/2020
LCR Wave 4: For the provision of 900-1000 cooked, nutritious meals per week to >150 people in Hackney without access to regular food. Six meals/week are provided that cater to the cultural ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation
£4,952 04/11/2020
Made In Hackney helps people lead healthier, happier, more environmentally sustainable lives by helping them to grow, cook and eat more plants – to improve not only their own health, but that of ....more
DCMS
£15,000 07/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Hackney Council
£6,804 10/09/2020
3
DEFRA: To provide 900 cooked meals a week to those without regular access to food in Hackney. Beneficiaries include the elderly, those with serious illness, and those on very low incomes.
City Bridge Trust
£25,000 13/08/2020
towards three months of costs outlined in your application for food and cooked meals for organisations to distribute to their communities
DCMS
£84,000 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£57,864 07/07/2020
24
Towards a pilot national mentoring and influencing scheme to inspire public procurement and catering bodies to promote the uptake of healthy and sustainably produced food.
The Fore
£4,985 03/06/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Made In Hackney, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
City Bridge Trust
£29,261 28/05/2020
A grant of £29,261 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
CAF
£3,250 13/05/2020
3
Grant to Made In Hackney to support the organisation through COVID19
London Catalyst
£3,000 17/03/2020
Food Delivery Service to isolated Older People and those with LTH conditions at risk of Coronavirus
The Tudor Trust
£25,000 23/11/2018
12
towards a new community kitchen for a local growing and cooking project in Hackney, East London
BBC Children in Need
£30,000 30/07/2018
36
This project will deliver cookery classes to young carers, young people from the travelling community and looked after children. The sessions will teach essential life skills, improve physical health ....more
The National Lottery Community Fund
£348,622 15/06/2018
47
Made In Hackney - Local Food Kitchen
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2018, number: 1176690
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Main office

MADE IN HACKNEY
Liberty Hall
128 Clapton Common
Spring Hill, Clapton
LONDON
E5 9AA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE CONSUMPTION OF HEALTHIER DIETS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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