THE HADLEY TRUST

Registered charity 1064823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust's objectives are primarily, but not exclusively, to assist in creating opportunities for people who are disadvantaged to improve their situation, either by financial assistance, involvement in project and support work or research into the causes of, and means to alleviate, hardship.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£13.0m

Latest spending

£5.2m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets decreased slightly to £338,595,256 from £345,593,259 in the prior year, driven by a £7.3 million decrease in investment holdings. The charity maintains adequate liquidity with cash balances of £1,023,238 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash is available to meet the charity's obligations

“The Trustees do not designate any particular components of the charity's endowment as reserves. The Trustees ensure that in any given year sufficient cash is available to meet the charity's obligations.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from settlor

“On 7th October 2024, the settlor, Philip Hulme, donated 240,000 Computacenter plc shares valued at £5,976,000.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Newton & Garner Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£13.0m

Total spending

£5.2m

Cost of raising funds

£533k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

KATHERINE ELIZABETH HULMEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Juliet Christine Lyon CBE
Lady JANET HULME · trustee of 3 other charities
SOPHIE ANN SWIFT · trustee of 1 other charity
Sir PHILIP WILLIAM HULME · trustee of 1 other charity
THOMAS WILLIAM HULME · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£13.0m	£5.2m
31/03/2024	£6.6m	£5.3m
31/03/2023	£6.1m	£4.2m
31/03/2022	£4.6m	£4.6m
31/03/2021	£1.7m	£4.2m

Common questions

Is THE HADLEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets decreased slightly to £338,595,256 from £345,593,259 in the prior year, driven by a £7.3 million decrease in investment holdings. The charity maintains adequate liquidity with cash balances of £1,023,238 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Newton & Garner Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ANJUMAN-E-JAMALI (BRADFORD)	1	£303k
ANJUMAN-E-ZAINEE (CROYDON)	1	£230k
ANJUMAN-E-SAIFEE (LEICESTER)	1	£63k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND.

THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND income £558k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST income £847k
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) income £44.1m
THE HADRIAN TRUST income £268k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £329k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST income £979k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HADLEY TRUST	£13.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND FY2024	£558k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST FY2026	£847k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) FY2024	£44.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HADRIAN TRUST FY2024	£268k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£329k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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