MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1160394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DMFH

The charity is a grant-making charity which primarily provides grants to charities concerned with animal welfare and charities that help people in need or that further educational projects through interaction with animals.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £78,621 for the year ended 30 March 2025, driven by a deficit on income and net investment losses. Total reserves stood at £22,621,270, with free reserves amounting to £1,312,927. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SJC, Chartered Accountants. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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 30/03/2021 (received 08/02/2022, 9 days after the 30/01/2022 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09347790

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SIMPSON, John George Mcdakin — director, appointed 16/01/2024on trustee list
• SANDERS, Penelope Ann — director, appointed 29/10/2018on trustee list
• POSNETT, Phillip Robert — director, appointed 16/07/2018on trustee list
• HENRETTY, Christopher Gordon — director, appointed 20/07/2015on trustee list
• SHEARER, Jennifer — director, appointed 09/12/2014on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Andrew Michael — director, appointed 09/12/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (16 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MICHAEL WRIGHT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Henretty
• JENNIFER SHEARER · trustee of 1 other charity
• John George McDakin Simpson · trustee of 3 other charities
• PHILLIP ROBERT POSNETT · trustee of 4 other charities
• Penelope Ann Sanders · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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