THE HOSKING HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1076713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOSKING HOUSES TRUST

We offer women writers (aged over forty) occupancy of Church Cottage for between two weeks and two months, to pursue personal work on any subject, intended for publication or performance. Appointments are made on merit. The Cottage is in Clifford Chambers, a village two miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. It is equipped comfortable and private. We pay bills and occasionally offer a bursary.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF WOMEN ARTISTS PRIMARILY AGED OVER 40 BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, BURSARIES AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.2. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS CREATED BY WOMEN PRIMARILY AGED OVER 40, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RESIDENCIES.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£0

Latest spending

£777k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £771,411, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of approximately £5,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by a substantial increase in income due to a legacy received.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: circa £5k (reserves figure: £771k)

“The Trustee Board considers that the Trust should hold circa £5k to cover all unexpected costs linked to the building and activities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Conflicting interests

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: 1

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

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £2,875 — grants £2,875 (1); 17% of the £16,697 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 1

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Carole Frant Manshipchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Amanda Smyth
Helen Margaret Maclagan · trustee of 2 other charities
John Stuart Elliott · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£0	£777k
31/03/2025	£433k	£27k
31/03/2024	£17k	£47k
31/03/2023	£22k	£18k
31/03/2022	£47k	£20k

Common questions

Is THE HOSKING HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £771,411, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of approximately £5,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by a substantial increase in income due to a legacy received. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The William Syson Foundation	23/06/2022	£1k	Scottish artist residency

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 GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COTTAGE COMMUNITY.

THE COTTAGE COMMUNITY income £104k
HURSTPIERPOINT COTTAGE TRUST income £65k
GOSLING'S HOMES FOR AGED WOMEN income £30k
COACH HOUSE CHURCH income £97k
THOMAS WHITE COTTAGE HOMES (2016) CHARITY income £91k
PEACE COTTAGES CHARITY income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOSKING HOUSE TRUST	£0	—	above	—	no doubt
THE COTTAGE COMMUNITY FY2026	£104k	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
HURSTPIERPOINT COTTAGE TRUST FY2025	£65k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOSLING'S HOMES FOR AGED WOMEN FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COACH HOUSE CHURCH FY2025	£97k	—	above	—	no doubt
THOMAS WHITE COTTAGE HOMES (2016) CHARITY FY2025	£91k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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