Most Hackney charities are religious

According to data from a national survey of charities, 22% of Hackney charities say their main role is "Advancing religion and / or spiritual welfare by supporting religious or spiritual practice".

Charts are taken from Cabinet Office of the Third Sector's National Survey of Third Sector Organisations: (It should be noted that 285 charities took part in the survey but, according to the Charity Commission, there are 646 charities in Hackney in the Register of Charities)

Q6 Community development and mutual aid	17	17
Q6 Delivery of public services (e.g. social housing, health care, day centre, counselling, community safety)	14	21
Q6 Delivery of other services (e.g. business services, financial services, leisure, retail, manufacturing, community support)	16	14
Q6 Buildings and/or facilities (e.g. community centres, village halls, religious buildings but NOT social housing)	15	7
Q6 Advocacy, campaigning, representation, information or research	10	18
Q6 Capacity building and other support to third sector organisations (e.g. acts as a coordinating or resource body)	4	6
Q6 Grant makers (e.g. make grants to individuals or organisations)	11	12
Q6 Provides other finance	4	1
Q6 Provides advice to individuals	10	18
Q6 Helps people to access services or benefits	6	9
Q6 Provides staff and/or volunteers	8	6
Q6 Advancing religion and / or spiritual welfare by supporting religious or spiritual practice	10	22
Q6 Advancing cultural awareness	7	14
Q6 Other	13	7
Q6 Cannot say	3	1
Q6 No answer given	9	7
Number of respondents	48939	285

In comparison, 7% of charities in neighbouring Tower Hamlets claim religion as their main role. But Newham has an even higher 23%.

The Hackney figure is more than twice the national average of 10%. The next most common role of charities in Hackney is: "Delivery of public services (e.g. social housing, health care, day centre, counselling, community safety)", with 21% of 285 Hackney-based organisations saying that this was their main role.

In response to the question "Which of the groups listed below are clients / users / beneficiaries of your organisation?" 36% said faith groups were amongst their clients, compared to a national average of 22%.

Have Hackney Charities had enough cash over the last 12 months? Apparently not and to a much higher extent than the national average:

Sufficient	49	30
Insufficient	39	56
Don't know	1	1
Not applicable	6	8
No answer given	5	5
Number of respondents	48939	285

None-the-less, they think they have been successful.
How successful do Hackney charities think they have been over the last 12 months?
Hackney results in the right hand column (total 285 respondents):

Very successful	40	33
Fairly successful	49	49
Not very successful	5	8
Not at all successful	1	1
Don't know	1	1
Not applicable	3	4
No answer given	2	3
Number of respondents	48939	285

So where does the cash come from?

Q13 Local borough or district council (Two tier only) [Grant]	6	0
Q13 Local county council (Two tier only) [Grant]	5	0
Q13 Local council (Single tier only) [Grant]	11	18
Q13 Local NHS body e.g. PCT / Strategic Health Authority (SHA) [Grant]	3	4
Q13 Local Police / Fire Authority [Grant]	1	0
Q13 Regional Development Agency [Grant]	2	3
Q13 Other local partnership involving local statutory bodies [Grant]	4	9
Q13 Other local statutory funding [Grant]	5	7
Q13 None of these [Grant]	66	61
Q13 Don't know [Grant]	1	0
Q13 No answer given [Grant]	8	11
Number of respondents	48939	285

Were they happy with help from the council in raising money? No.

Very satisfied	3	1
Fairly satisfied	12	10
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	13	20
Fairly dissatisfied	10	12
Very dissatisfied	9	15
Don't know	10	12
Not applicable	38	24
No answer given	6	6
Number of respondents	48939	285

But bear in mind that most don't have any dealings with the council on any issues:
"To what extent, if at all, does your organisation currently have any direct dealings with local statutory bodies in your area?"

A great amount	6	9
A fair amount	20	19
Not very much	35	33
None at all	34	36
Don't know	2	2
No answer given	2	2
Number of respondents	48939	285

32% said that they carried out their work in the local authority, compared to the 20% national average - 17% said that they worked in their local neighbourhoods compared to a national average of 34%. Hackney also has a much higher proportion of internationally focussed organisations:

Q8 Internationally	7	15
Q8 Nationally	12	20
Q8 Regionally	14	21
Q8 Your county council area (Two tier only)	4	0
Q8 Your borough or district council area (Two tier only)	9	0
Q8 Your local authority area (Single tier only)	20	32
Q8 Your neighbourhood	34	17
Q8 Cannot say	1	0
Q8 No answer given	4	4
Number of respondents	48939	285

So how many people in the borough are employed in the third sector?

No employees	56	42
One	8	8
Two	6	9
3 to 5	9	11
6 to 10	6	11
11 to 30	6	9
31 plus	5	6
No answer provided	4	4
Number of respondents	48939	285

With 11% of the borough's 285 charities employing 3-5 people that's a possible of 94-156 people employed in these charities.

Another 11% of charities say they employ 6-10 people. That is a possible range of 188-313 people employed in these organisations.

9% of Hackney-based charities say they employ 11-30 people. That is a range of 282-769 people.

Lastly 6% of Hackney-based charities said that they employ at least 31 people, that is at least 530 people.

Adding the total minimum calculations shows that a minimum of 1094 people are employed in Hackney-based charities.