THE ERSKINE HILL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1142595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides funding to charitable bodies and for charitable purposes, in each case, as selected by the trustees based on their own knowledge. The Charity does not have the resources to assess charitable bodies that are not personally known to the Trustees. No grants will be made in response to unsolicited requests

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO:PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; ANDEDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN GENERAL AND LONDON IN PARTICULAR

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

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Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £31,763 in unrestricted cash reserves with no liabilities at the end of the period. The trustees consider these reserves to be sufficient to cover foreseeable requirements for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £6,947 for the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months (reserves figure: £32k)
“The charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover its foreseeable requirements for at least 12 months”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 30/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2022 (received 09/03/2023, 9 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Erskine Hill Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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
30/04/2025£81k£74k
30/04/2024£38k£68k
30/04/2023£77k£38k
30/04/2022£25k£34k
30/04/2021£30k£21k

Common questions

Is THE ERSKINE HILL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £31,763 in unrestricted cash reserves with no liabilities at the end of the period. The trustees consider these reserves to be sufficient to cover foreseeable requirements for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £6,947 for the period.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARK HILL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ERSKINE HILL CHARITABLE TRUST£81k—0unclear—no doubt
PARK HILL TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITY EXTRA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£48k—0below—noted
THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£58k—0above—no doubt
THE MAURICE AND PEARL ESTERKIN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt

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