THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1067491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charitable causes in Cumbria. Particularly Social Needs, Youth and employment, Help for older people, The Arts and The Environment

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£374k

Latest spending

£434k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £9,868,290 at year-end, supported by a net movement in funds of £141,489. The Trustees report no material uncertainties regarding going concern and note that they do not consider it necessary to maintain designated free reserves given the low annual administrative expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 9.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Income generated by investments during the year totalled £374,471 (£335,199 in 2024) and £35,547 (£35,794 in 2024) was spent to raise funds.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW TIMOTHY MORRIS · trustee of 2 other charities
ANDREW WILLIAM NEIL FORSYTH · trustee of 1 other charity
Bernard Kenny
Duncan Bailey
KAREN AITCHISON JONES
ROY ALFRED MORRIS CBE DL

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£374k	£434k
31/08/2024	£335k	£442k
31/08/2023	£332k	£459k
31/08/2022	£396k	£430k
31/08/2021	£298k	£358k

Common questions

Is THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £9,868,290 at year-end, supported by a net movement in funds of £141,489. The Trustees report no material uncertainties regarding going concern and note that they do not consider it necessary to maintain designated free reserves given the low annual administrative expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) 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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£305k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA.

VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA income £914k
THE HADRIAN TRUST income £268k
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.4m
THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND income £558k
Futureproof Cumbria income £1.8m
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY income £359k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	£374k	—	unclear	9.5%	no doubt
VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA FY2025	£914k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HADRIAN TRUST FY2024	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND FY2024	£558k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Futureproof Cumbria FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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