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THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1058565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£725k
Latest spending
£715k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £567,273, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure (approximately £250,000). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £12,482 for the year, with total income decreasing by 50% compared to the previous year.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Corporate structure

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

Total income
£725k
Total spending
£715k
Cost of raising funds
£43k
Reserves (reported)
£568k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£725k£715k
31/03/2024£562k£634k
31/03/2023£629k£616k
31/03/2022£1.2m£833k
31/03/2021£770k£601k

Common questions

Is THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST LTD financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £567,273, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure (approximately £250,000). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £12,482 for the year, with total income decreasing by 50% compared to the previous year. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/12/2017£860k"Wensum Connections for People and Wildlife"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/01/2017£87k"Norfolk Urban Peregrine Project (NUPP)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/09/2015£73k"Heritage Hands (Volunteering to Save our Heritage)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2012£50k"Baling for Biodiversity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/12/2005£495k"Restoration and Interpretation of Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve phase 2"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2003£47k"Nestboxes into Schools"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£341k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£271k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£250k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£226k
THE DRW FOUNDATION1£109k
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST1£43k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY1£40k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£23k

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