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FRIENDS OF THE HURTWOOD

Registered charity 200053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HURTWOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE, HURTWOOD CONTROL TRUST

Providing access to countryside by clearing paths, maintaining car parks, providing interpretation etc

Causes: Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£155k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £13,717 for the year, relying on reserves to cover costs due to significant fly-tipping expenses. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £570,855 are adequate for the charity's size and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£155k£124k
31/10/2024£144k£115k
31/10/2023£107k£101k
31/10/2022£264k£96k
31/10/2021£145k£96k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF THE HURTWOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £13,717 for the year, relying on reserves to cover costs due to significant fly-tipping expenses. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £570,855 are adequate for the charity's size and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/05/2004£45k"Holmbury Hill Fort Restoration"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NORTHWICK TRUST2£32k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST2£8k
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire1£31k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ERNEST COOK TRUST1£15k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE MUMFORD MEMORIAL TRUST1£9k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF THE HURTWOOD£155k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS FY2025£173k£30,001 - £40,0000unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF DEERHURST CHURCH FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ASHDOWN FOREST FY2025£120k—0within—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN & ARBORETUM FY2024£242k—0unclear—no doubt

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