THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity seeks to distribute income arising from invested funds to various charitable causes at the discretion of the Trustees. The charity continues to provide particular support to projects related to education, education and social welfare.

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Latest income

£3.2m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £98.4m with free reserves of £0.86m, noting that it has sufficient cash and liquid investments to meet grant commitments. The trustees report no significant risks or uncertainties and the independent auditor confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee was paid between £60,000 - £70,000 during the year.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee was paid between £60,000 - £70,000 during the year.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not the intention to accumulate reserves as it currently has sufficient cash and liquid investments to be able to meet its grant commitments (held: £860k)

“The Trustees have a reserves policy which states that it is not the intention to accumulate reserves as it currently has sufficient cash and liquid investments to be able to meet its grant commitments.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.2m

Total spending

£2.0m

Cost of raising funds

£680k

Reserves (reported)

£859k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Edward Tim Hatter Mr
FAUSTO UMBERTO FURLOTTI
Piers David Barclay
Richard Mark Hatter

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

Operates in: Israel · South Africa · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.2m	£2.0m
31/03/2024	£6.3m	£3.0m
05/04/2023	£1.2m	£1.5m
05/04/2022	£30.4m	£2.4m
05/04/2021	£33.4m	£2.9m

Common questions

Is THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £98.4m with free reserves of £0.86m, noting that it has sufficient cash and liquid investments to meet grant commitments. The trustees report no significant risks or uncertainties and the independent auditor confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION income £454k
THE MATHER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £607k
M AND M FOUNDATION income £217k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation income £1.7m
THE MAURICE MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION	£3.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.1m	£70,000 - £80,000	2	above	—	no doubt
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION FY2025	£454k	£60,001 - £70,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MATHER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£607k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Matchroom Charitable Foundation FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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