Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CHOICE IN HACKNEY 

Provides Independent Living services to disabled Londoners aged 16+. ADVOCACY-supporting disabled person to obtain his/her rights. VOLUNTEERING-supports disabled people with befriending, escorting etc. TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT-train disabled people as advocates. Production of e-news to aid employability of disabled people. ACTIVE LIFESTYLE-volunteers support disabled people with sport activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 25 years
(26 years as a company)

www.choiceinhackney.org

admin@choiceinhackney.org

02076133206

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£341£230£112n/an/an/an/an/a93
31/03/22£272£220£52n/an/an/an/an/a138
31/03/21£302£255£47n/an/an/an/an/a137
31/03/20*£202£214£-12n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/19£171£188£-17n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/03/18£202£193£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£154£175£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£149£171£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£192£176£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£180£166£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£142£131£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£135£143£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£156£147£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£157£157£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£86£98£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£81£106£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£88£112£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£227£221£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£224£231£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£189£176£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 93 volunteers

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
City Bridge Trust£363,652
Henry Smith Charity£262,300
Lloyds Bank Foundation£84,195
DCMS£45,664
Disability Action£7,986
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£209,900 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Choices into Work' project, providing employability support for disabled people across Greater London.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£294,400 06/03/2023
60
£294,400 over five years (£57,316, £56,540, £59,028, £60,024, £61,492) towards the costs of delivering the Information Guidance and Advocacy (IGA) service, including a 0.8 FTE IGA Officer, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Choice in Hackney
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£49,549 08/04/2021
towards core salaries of CEO and Hate Crime/Domestic Violence Advocate, overheads and running costs not covered by project grants, and the Investing in Volunteers quality mark, as outlined in your ....more
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£7,986 01/11/2020
The project will Expand advocacy services by 7 hours per week to respond to additional Covid 19 challenges providing support advice and information
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£52,400 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Choices into Work' service providing employment advice and support sessions for disabled people who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in London.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£26,200 23/10/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£19,464 22/09/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£19,703 02/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for a co-ordinator, exercise instructor, project manager and digital equipment to deliver remote befriending, contact free gardening, food/medication ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Choice in Hackney
£7,545 23/07/2020
Grant to Choice in Hackney meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£74,400 20/09/2019
36
Providing advocacy, volunteering, training & employment, support and other independent living services to disabled Londoners. The grant will fund salary and running costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£139,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs, including the salary of a Work Experience Coach, of a project providing employability support for disabled people from north-east London who are unemployed, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CHOICE Active Community Volunteers Project
£10,000 02/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to support independent living. The project aims to build confidence and reduce social anxiety.
London Catalyst - CHOICE IN HACKNEY (CHOICE) - 2
£3,000 06/06/2018
Volunteer Project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£33,700 12/08/2016
£33,700 for a third year’s support of the volunteer project supporting first time users of personal budgets. The funding covers two part time officers (Support Brokerage & Planning Officer for ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£74,400 21/07/2016
36
Providing advocacy, volunteering, training & employment, support and other independent living services to disabled Londoners. The grant will fund salary and running costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£75,000 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' salary and related costs of an Advocacy, Training and Employment Co-ordinator at an advocacy training project for disabled people in London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Choice in Hackney
£25,000 27/04/2012
the salary and on costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/1999, number: 1077287
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/1997, number: 03423122
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 57 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR07: 26 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

DEFOE BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR
50 HOXTON STREET
LONDON

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE DISABLED PERSONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BENEFICIARIES) IN GREATER LONDON WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LEAD FULFILLING LIVES WITH SUCH ASSISTANCE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE WHICH ASSISTS SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS TO THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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