THE H P DUGDALE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 200538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H P DUGDALE FOUNDATION, HENRY PERCY DUGDALE CHARITY

The objects of the Trust in furthering its charitbale purposes for the public benefit are to apply the income subject to the cost of administration expenses of the Charity for the benefit of persons residing in the former County Borough of Huddersfield and the former Urban Districts of Colne Valley Holmfirth Kirkburton and Meltham who are in indigent or greatly reduced circumstances.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN INDIGENT OR GREATLY REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERSFIELD, AND OF THE FORMER URBAN DISTRICTS OF COLNE VALLEY, HOLMFIRTH, KIRKBURTON AND MELTHAM, ALL AS CONSTITUTED ON THE 31ST MARCH 1974, OR HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN RESIDENT IN THE SAID AREA FOR A PERIOD OF 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

Area of benefit: FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERSFIELD, AND OF THE FORMER DISTRICTS OF COLNE VALLEY, HOLMFIRTH, KIRKBURTON AND MELTHAM

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £160,941, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover management, administration, and support costs. The charity reported a net income over expenditure of £45,999, driven largely by unrealised investment gains, while total charitable grants paid increased to £61,683. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wheawill & Sudworth Limited. 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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW SIMON WAGSTAFF
• Daniel James McAllister
• GILES DAVID THOMAS CLIFFE
• Gwen Elizabeth Sharp
• Helen Margaret Hollingsworth
• Helen Straw
• ROGER THORNTON DUGDALE

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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