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ERNEST HECHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1095850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supports various UK-registered charities particularly those that benefit the disadvantaged, by providing financial assistance with the aim of making a difference by improving the quality of people's lives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity distributed its remaining reserves in full by way of grants during December 2025 and is now to be wound up. Consequently, the financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis, and the charity holds no unrestricted funds at the year-end. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“having distributed its reserves in full by way of grants, the charity is now to be wound up. No reserves are now held.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The charity's remaining reserves were distributed in full by way of grants during December 2025 and the charity is now to be wound up. The financial statements are therefore not prepared on a going concern basis.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£663k
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£29k£2.3m
31/12/2024£131k£2.3m
31/12/2023£112k£894k
31/12/2022£211k£378k
31/12/2021£2.0m£663k

Common questions

Is ERNEST HECHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity distributed its remaining reserves in full by way of grants during December 2025 and is now to be wound up. Consequently, the financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis, and the charity holds no unrestricted funds at the year-end. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.