HILLTOP CIRCLE

Registered charity 1186210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILLTOP CIRCLE LTD, Hilltop

Hilltop Circle empowers young people and families in London through sport, mentoring, education and community engagement. We provide coaching, resources and youth-led programmes for under 30s, including workshops and events that build skills, promote wellbeing and strengthen social cohesion.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£182k
Latest spending
£162k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus, taking unrestricted reserves to £21,587. This amount is described as just under six months of running costs, which aligns with the trustees' policy target of building reserves to cover six months of expenditure. The trustees consider this level sufficient to ensure continuity of activities in the event of a significant drop in funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £22k; policy: 6 months operating expenditure)
“The unrestricted reserves are just under 6 month running costs, which is within the reserves policy approved by the Trustees” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£182k£162k
30/06/2024£104k£118k
30/06/2023£130k£123k
30/06/2022£127k£126k
30/06/2021£85k£83k

Common questions

Is HILLTOP CIRCLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus, taking unrestricted reserves to £21,587. This amount is described as just under six months of running costs, which aligns with the trustees' policy target of building reserves to cover six months of expenditure. The trustees consider this level sufficient to ensure continuity of activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HILLTOP CIRCLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HILLTOP CIRCLE as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£60kthe Project Coordinator’s Salary
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUSTFY2023£20kFor a football project for young people
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUSTFY2022£3ktowards the costs of youth football coaching.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2026£20kCommunity Engagement & Social Connection Project
Sport England09/02/2026£15kSports Leadership & Mentoring
Sport England11/02/2025£9kActive Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kReducing Health Inequalities Through Physical Activity
UK government06/10/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CIRCLES NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HILLTOP CIRCLE£182k—0below—no doubt
CIRCLES NETWORK FY2025£3.0m——above—no doubt
ROSE HILL JUNIOR YOUTH CLUB FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt
DOG KENNEL HILL AP LIMITED FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CIRCLE OF WOMEN FY2025£801k—0unclear—no doubt
Sister Circle FY2025£953k—0unclear—no doubt

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