THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Hextol Foundation aims to improve the lives of people with disabilities and who may have other disadvantages by creating opportunities to work, by providing education and training and by developing other forms of support as are needed. The Foundation achieves this by setting up businesses that provide safe and supported work and work-based training.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£497k
Latest spending
£449k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £47,950 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £80,558. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy based on covering up to 6 months of operating costs, and the current free reserves meet this target. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 6 months of operating costs (held: £81k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to seek to establish and maintain a reserves fund based on a business risk assessment or on covering up to 6 months of operating costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£497k£449k
31/03/2024£427k£434k
31/03/2023£346k£411k
31/03/2022£329k£333k
31/03/2021£368k£283k

Common questions

Is THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £47,950 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £80,558. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy based on covering up to 6 months of operating costs, and the current free reserves meet this target. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kCare of People with Learning Disabilities
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kInclusion Grant
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2022£5kSocial - Physically and Mentally Disabled
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITYFY2023£4k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
FRAZER TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£2kOther trusts, funds and voluntary organisations
FRAZER TRUSTFY2025£2kYouth
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2023£2kChildren
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITYFY2022£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East01/04/2026£10kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East26/03/2026£10kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East22/05/2025£2kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East22/05/2025£4kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East13/03/2025£6kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East12/12/2024£3kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East18/07/2024£10kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£20kThe Hextol Foundation: Empowering potential; transforming lives.
Postcode Lottery01/05/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
Community Foundation North East30/03/2023£10kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£10kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East28/07/2022£3kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East30/06/2022£4kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East20/04/2022£3kGrant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East27/01/2022£2kA grant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East20/01/2022£10kA grant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East03/06/2021£5kA grant to The Hextol Foundation
Community Foundation North East03/06/2021£2kA grant to The Hextol Foundation
UK government05/08/2020£40kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£9kHextol Greenbox
Community Foundation North East16/11/2017£3kCoordination of skills development programme
Community Foundation North East10/12/2015£5kTowards Coordination of Trainee skills development programme
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2015£10kHextol Tans Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2011£8kWork Experience Development
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2009£10kSandwich Service

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION£497k—0above—no doubt
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
NEW MEANING FOUNDATION FY2025£785k—0unclear—no doubt
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025£13.0m——unclear45.0%no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt

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