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THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1117747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Activities

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total group funds at year-end amounted to £101,121,669, with unrestricted funds standing at £8,153,283. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a risk register to manage key operational and financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no specific target stated; states it does not require other reserves to cover normal activities (held: £8.2m)
“As the charity receives its income in advance of distribution and it does not have significant fixed assets other than investments, it does not require other reserves to cover normal activities.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust, where one Trustee and the spouse of another Trustee are trustees.
“One Trustee and the spouse of another trustee are the two Trustees of the Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust. During the year a donation of £nil (2024: £654,802) was made to the Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust.” — page 34
“The charity has a subsidiary company that farms land owned by the charity. The subsidiary company pays rent to the charity, interest is receivable on the loans to the subsidiary and any profits that would otherwise be taxable are gift-aided to the charity.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary M D Hamilton (Farms) Limited pays rent, interest, and gift aid to the charity.
“One Trustee and the spouse of another trustee are the two Trustees of the Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust. During the year a donation of £nil (2024: £654,802) was made to the Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust.” — page 34
“The charity has a subsidiary company that farms land owned by the charity. The subsidiary company pays rent to the charity, interest is receivable on the loans to the subsidiary and any profits that would otherwise be taxable are gift-aided to the charity.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: M D Hamilton (Farms) Limited
“The income and expenditure of the Charity’s non-charitable trading subsidiary M D Hamilton (Farms) Limited has been included in income and expenditure accordingly.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 69.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£3.3m
31/03/2024£3.0m£3.7m
31/03/2023£3.4m£4.0m
31/03/2022£3.2m£3.5m
31/03/2021£3.1m£3.3m

Common questions

Is THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total group funds at year-end amounted to £101,121,669, with unrestricted funds standing at £8,153,283. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a risk register to manage key operational and financial risks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

Who funds THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kDonations from corporations and trusts

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2023£62kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CECIL AND HILDA LEWIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3.4m
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£842k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£158k—0unclear—no doubt
DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST FY2025£135k—0above—no doubt
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£92k—0unclear—no doubt
THE G D CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£107k—0unclear—no doubt

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