ERIC HOSKING TRUST

Registered charity 1018588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The award of bursaries for natural history projects, particularly those associated with ornithology and photography

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH ENCOURAGING THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND WRITING OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE RELATING TO NATURAL HIOSTORY OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY PART OF THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased significantly to £48,477, driven by a £25,749 net gain on investments which offset charitable expenditure of £2,377. The trustees report that the charity is financially viable, noting that resources are adequate to continue operations and that no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/05/2024, 112 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID HOSKINGchair
• Dawn Elizabeth Balmer
• EDWARD KEEBLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR PAUL WILLIAMS
• Mark John Hosking
• PROFESSOR RICHARD CHANDLER
• ROBIN HOSKING

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

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Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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