JAMES ALFRED AND EMMA CLARA HALL FUND

Registered charity 1144283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JA & EC HALL TRUST

Grants made by the Trust help fund the religious purposes of St. Andrew's Church, Bedford, the provision of its community centre and the advisory service provided to people in financial difficulties, in accordance with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £283,311 and endowment funds of £4,767,839, totaling net assets of £5,051,150. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet needs as the charity can adjust expenditure to match income. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £150,324 for the year due to investment losses.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hands at Work — “The charities we support are: Hands at Work, our international partner,” (source page)
• Home for Good — “Home for Good , our national charity and” (source page)
• Emmaus Village Carlton — “Emmaus Village Carlton , our local partner.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Lucy Frances Davischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Julia Callen
• IAN MICHAEL RICHES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Colin Ambrose

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW WITH ST ETHELDREDA, HISTON.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW WITH ST ETHELDREDA, HISTON income £450k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BEDFORD income £433k
• CHURCH ESTATE (INCLUDING THE CHARITY OF SIR WILLIAM BLACKETT THE YOUNGER) income £205k
• AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, BEDFORD PARK, LONDON income £668k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, WIMBLEDON income £194k

Side by side with its peers

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