FORTY LIMITED

Registered charity 1039036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Property used by other charity.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,699,169, which the trustees are using for building expansion. The trustees report that they have received undertakings from local supporters to cover any deficit if it should arise, and they are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate major risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves available to cover anticipated outgoings (held: £10.7m)
“The trustees ensure that the charity has sufficient reserves available to cover anticipated outgoings.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity leases its property to Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited a connected charity.During the year Forty Limited receivedrental incomeof£806,348(2024: £910,100), from Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited.
“The charity leases its property to Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited a connected charity.During the year Forty Limited receivedrental incomeof£806,348(2024: £910,100), from Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited. There were no other related party transactions in the year.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: active).
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Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£4.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~41.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.3m£1.4m
31/08/2024£1.7m£1.7m
31/08/2023£1.8m£1.4m
31/08/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2021£1.7m£1.2m

Common questions

Is FORTY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,699,169, which the trustees are using for building expansion. The trustees report that they have received undertakings from local supporters to cover any deficit if it should arise, and they are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate major risks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited.

Who funds FORTY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FORTY LIMITED as a grant recipient include LPW LIMITED, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED, THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LPW LIMITEDFY2022£36k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£30kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£8ktowards the cost of 'Stitch UP: Pioneering Sewing Education for Tomorrow's Makers' - a sewing education programme for 150 disadvantaged youth from Hackney and H
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England22/04/2022£5kJubilee Fund - Keep Fit
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kShining Stars

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FORTY LIMITED£1.3m—0above—no doubt
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt
PRESTON NORTH END COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE REED FOUNDATION FY2024£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.