HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES

Registered charity 205856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HUC exists to: a) operate almshouses, sheltered housing for those in need within the area of benefit; b) use its 'relief in need' power to alleviate poverty within its area of benefit.

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

Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £538k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment revaluations and pension exit costs, despite an unrestricted surplus of £153k. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £11.1m and maintains a strong financial position with a £13.1m investment portfolio.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Emoluments to employees exceeding £60,000 in the year fell in the following bands: 2025 Number 1 £80,000 - £90,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“Emoluments to employees exceeding £60,000 in the year fell in the following bands: 2025 Number 1 £80,000 - £90,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Housing income (65% of income)

“The three principal sources of income are ‘Weekly Maintenance Charge’ and service charges from the Almshouses which make up 65% of total income” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: preserve the reserves at a level that will enable it to continue to fulfil its purpose for as long as there is a need in Hammersmith which for planning purposes we assume to be in perpetuity (held: £11.1m)

“The Charity is required to preserve the reserves at a level that will enable it to continue to fulfil its purpose for as long as there is a need in Hammersmith which for planning purposes we assume to be in perpetuity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity provides funding of £30k to H&F Giving along with support with finance, HR and legal matters. Vivienne Lukey and Hugo Sintes are Trustees of H&F Giving and do not take part in the decision to award funding.

“The Charity provides funding of £30k to H&F Giving along with support with finance, HR and legal matters. Vivienne Lukey and Hugo Sintes are Trustees of H&F Giving and do not take part in the decision to award funding.” — page 35

“Vivienne Lukey is also on the Foodbank board who received a £6k, (£10k, November 2023), grant from HUC in February 2025. Vivienne Lukey did not take part in the decision to award this grant.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Vivienne Lukey is also on the Foodbank board who received a £6k grant from HUC in February 2025. Vivienne Lukey did not take part in the decision to award this grant.

“The Charity provides funding of £30k to H&F Giving along with support with finance, HR and legal matters. Vivienne Lukey and Hugo Sintes are Trustees of H&F Giving and do not take part in the decision to award funding.” — page 35

“Vivienne Lukey is also on the Foodbank board who received a £6k, (£10k, November 2023), grant from HUC in February 2025. Vivienne Lukey did not take part in the decision to award this grant.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Cllr Nikolaos Souslous is a Trustee of the Creighton Centre which received no funding during the year.

“The Charity provides funding of £30k to H&F Giving along with support with finance, HR and legal matters. Vivienne Lukey and Hugo Sintes are Trustees of H&F Giving and do not take part in the decision to award funding.” — page 35

“Vivienne Lukey is also on the Foodbank board who received a £6k, (£10k, November 2023), grant from HUC in February 2025. Vivienne Lukey did not take part in the decision to award this grant.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £80,000 - £89,999 (FY2024) to £80,000 - £90,000 (FY2025).

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£49k

Reserves (reported)

£16.1m

Employees

12

Reported reserves equal ~84.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HAMMERSMITH UNITED TRUSTEE COMPANY

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.0m	£2.3m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£2.1m
31/03/2023	£1.3m	£2.0m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £538k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment revaluations and pension exit costs, despite an unrestricted surplus of £153k. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £11.1m and maintains a strong financial position with a £13.1m investment portfolio. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 - £90,000 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
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	1	£14

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HITCHIN UNITED CHARITIES.

HITCHIN UNITED CHARITIES income £117k
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
HUGGARD income £3.2m
LAND AND POSSESSIONS OF THE POOR OF ELY OTHERWISE PARSONS' CHARITY income £450k
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
HAWLEY ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £206k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	£2.0m	£80,000 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HITCHIN UNITED CHARITIES FY2026	£117k	—	0	above	—	noted
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£387k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HUGGARD FY2025	£3.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LAND AND POSSESSIONS OF THE POOR OF ELY OTHERWISE PARSONS' CHARITY FY2025	£450k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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