HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1108412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our activites are principally that of a grant making trust. We work closely with the organisations we support which may include providing advice and guidance on areas relating to their activities. The Trustees adopt a proactive approach to grant making meaning unsolicited applications are usually unable to be supported.

Objects

THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OF FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST (charity 281178) — merger registered 14/04/2010.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£172k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £12,168, which is below the required reserves of £24,341, resulting in 50% cover. The Trustees consider this acceptable due to the availability of an expendable endowment and total cash resources of £27,527. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss, driven by investment losses and grant expenditures exceeding income.

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
“The level of unrestricted reserves fell to £12,168 against required reserves of £24,341, giving cover of 50%.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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
30/06/2025£106k£172k
30/06/2024£93k£176k
30/06/2023£168k£176k
30/06/2022£153k£222k
30/06/2021£151k£293k

Common questions

Is HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £12,168, which is below the required reserves of £24,341, resulting in 50% cover. The Trustees consider this acceptable due to the availability of an expendable endowment and total cash resources of £27,527. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss, driven by investment losses and grant expenditures exceeding income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST£106k—0below—no doubt
Tinsley Charitable Trust FY2026£420k—0unclear—no doubt
ACACIA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARRIET BURTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
HUNTLY AND MARGERY SINCLAIR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£53k—0below—no doubt

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