THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 202973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) The provision of almshouses for elderly Aylesbury residents and (2) to relieve either generally or individually Aylesbury residents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress

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

Latest income

£980k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £26,177,013 at the end of the year, with the Trustees confirming that financial resources are sufficient to support the Charity’s objectives. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,249,276, driven by significant investment gains, and holds no restricted funds or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£980k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£38k

Reserves (reported)

£26.2m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (77% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR TIM VOSS
ROGER BASIL HARWOOD
Rev DOUGLAS LEE ZIMMERMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
Richard Andrew Collard
Thomasina Jane Lee

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£980k	£1.0m
31/12/2024	£876k	£913k
31/12/2023	£841k	£881k
31/12/2022	£764k	£742k
31/12/2021	£663k	£532k

Common questions

Is THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £26,177,013 at the end of the year, with the Trustees confirming that financial resources are sufficient to support the Charity’s objectives. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,249,276, driven by significant investment gains, and holds no restricted funds or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

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
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £379k
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
THE ODIHAM CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES income £432k
HAWLEY ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £206k
AMY LOUISA ROBINSON CHARITY income £125k
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY	£980k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£379k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024	£181k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ODIHAM CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES FY2025	£432k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAWLEY ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AMY LOUISA ROBINSON CHARITY FY2025	£125k	—	above	—	no doubt

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