THE CHARLES HASTINGS EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1074732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Health education

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION)

Area of benefit: WORCESTER

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£699k

Latest spending

£621k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted deficit of £34,549 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves were £293,729 at year-end, which the trustees believe is sufficient to cover significant income loss or large repairs, exceeding their stated minimum policy target of £250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Letting income (44% of income)

“The principal source of funding sources is the letting of the charity's premises to its subsidiary, the Worcestershire Healthcare Education Company Ltd (WHEC) and, through WHEC, to the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, acting as agent for all NHS bodies in the county.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a minimum reserve of £250,000 be maintained between The Charles Hastings Education Centre and its subsidiary, The Worcestershire Healthcare Education Company (held: £294k)

“The charity's policy for the level of income reserves was reviewed in February 2018 and it was decided that a minimum reserve of £250,000 be maintained between The Charles Hastings Education Centre and its subsidiary, The Worcestershire Healthcare Education Company.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by The Richards Sandy Partnership Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Total income

£699k

Total spending

£621k

Reserves (reported)

£154k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN BLACKchair
ANDREW GRANT DUNCAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthony Gerard Bramley
Deborah Nicol
Dr Helen Cartwright
Dr JAMES MATHER
Dr Laura Tulloch
Dr NICHOLAS HUDSON
Dr Ravi Khehar
Dr STUART KING

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£699k	£621k
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£642k
31/03/2023	£440k	£415k
31/03/2022	£296k	£406k
31/03/2021	£337k	£384k

Common questions

Is THE CHARLES HASTINGS EDUCATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted deficit of £34,549 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves were £293,729 at year-end, which the trustees believe is sufficient to cover significant income loss or large repairs, exceeding their stated minimum policy target of £250,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Richards Sandy Partnership Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2009	£565k	"Museum@WRI"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/09/2006	£44k	"Community Connections"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/01/2004	£40k	"The George Marshall Medical Museum, Worcester - Phase II"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/03/2000	£321k	"Worcester Museum of Medicine & Health Care"

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
THE WINDFALL FOUNDATION	1	—
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£275k
The Parochial Church Council of Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmer Green and Caversham Park St Barnabas	1	£182k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£170k
GLOBAL SCHOOLS FORUM	1	£82k
THE 4814 TRUST	1	£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LANCASTER	1	£12k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHBOROUGH	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT.

EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT income £1.1m
INSPIRING TEACHERS income £395k
WEST KENT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £104k
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit income £200k
EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £231k
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHARLES HASTINGS EDUCATION CENTRE	£699k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FY2025	£1.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt
INSPIRING TEACHERS FY2025	£395k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
WEST KENT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit FY2025	£200k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDUCATION FOR LIFE FY2025	£231k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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