THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND

Registered charity 1191063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust's objectives are primarily, but not exclusively, to assist in creating opportunities for young people who are disadvantaged to improve their situation, either by financial assistance, involvement in project and support work or research into the causes of, and means to alleviate, hardship.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY IT IN SUCH MANNER AS THEY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT FOR SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE UK BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, BY MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECTS, SERVICES AND RESEARCH (THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH ARE TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC) TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION, PROSPECTS AND LIFE OUTCOMES OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £20,278,152, comprising an expendable endowment of £20,238,952 and cash of £46,400. The trustees intend to wind up the Trust by transferring its assets to the Hadley Trust, a process which they consider will result in significant savings. The independent auditors reported that the financial statements give a true and fair view and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Newton & Garner Limited. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (28/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HADLEY TRUST.

• THE HADLEY TRUST income £13.0m
• RADLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £41k
• LINDLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.7m
• ANNESLEY (CLW) TRUST income £48k
• THE RADLEY FOUNDATION income £3.1m
• THE HEDLEY DENTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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