HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST

Registered charity 1041441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q138779334

To Provide emergency ambulance and first aid services in north west London area.

Objects

1.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH; 2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS; AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE ILL OR SICK OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION OR HOSPITAL OR CLINICAL NURSING SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID TRAINING AND THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID COVER AT PUBLIC EVENTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE LONDON

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£963k
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £318,543 for the year, resulting in a decline in total funds from £1,459,520 to £1,140,977. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,140,977, which exceeds its stated policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's anticipated expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“It is the policy of the charity to hold in reserve a minimum of one year’s anticipated expenditure to cover in the event of the trust being unable to raise funds for any particular reason.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 88
  • Government income: £45,000 — grants £45,000 (1); 5% of the £963,130 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 86

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 82

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hatzola Northwest Trust (matched by registered charity number).

CQC provider record: Hatzola Northwest Trust — Deregistered, 3 registered locations, last inspected 02/09/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£963k
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reserves (reported)
£169k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£963k£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.8m£932k
31/03/2022£813k£706k
31/03/2021£482k£488k

Common questions

Is HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £318,543 for the year, resulting in a decline in total funds from £1,459,520 to £1,140,977. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,140,977, which exceeds its stated policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST, JEG TRUST LIMITED, GARVAN LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kEnhanced Emotional Support Programme for Frontline Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2021£10kEmotional Support Programme for Frontline Volunteers

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 GATESHEAD HATZOLA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST£963k——unclear—no doubt
GATESHEAD HATZOLA FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£357k—0above—no doubt
LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£769k—3above—no doubt
HATZOLA TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
HATZOLA TRUST FY2025£815k—0unclear—no doubt

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