HAY MILLS FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 1158434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HMFT

With the help of volunteers, cataloguing the Archive material for Webster & Horsfall and Latch & Bachelor held by City of Birmingham Library Archive Department. Preparing exhibitions and presentations to mark the 300th Anniversary of Webster & Horsfall in 2020. Engaging with local community to promote the History and Heritage of the Hay Mills site

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CENTRE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF HAY MILLS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS AND ITS COMMUNITY AND ALL RELATED ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with net assets of £46,203, comprising unrestricted funds of £45,171 and restricted funds of £1,032. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position to continue its activities in the coming year. The charity's total income for the year was £34,492 against total expenditure of £34,578.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (held: £45k)

“It is the policy of the Trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JAMES BRAYchair
David Anthony Coldwell-Horsfall
Jeremy Patrick Carmichael Robinson
MR SANDY ROBERTSON TD
ROBERT HENRY COLDWELL-HORSFALL
Zafar Iqbal MBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£34k	£35k
31/03/2024	£11k	£11k
31/03/2023	£6k	£6k
31/03/2022	£7k	£7k
31/03/2021	£6k	£6k

Common questions

Is HAY MILLS FOUNDATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with net assets of £46,203, comprising unrestricted funds of £45,171 and restricted funds of £1,032. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position to continue its activities in the coming year. The charity's total income for the year was £34,492 against total expenditure of £34,578. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2023	£5k	"Trans - Atlantic Telegraph Table Chart 1866"