HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 207948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FELLOWSHIP

As before, our prime objective is to provide services, help & activities for the 60+ age group.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£250k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £130,020 for the year, driven largely by significant bequests. Total net assets increased to £456,591, with unrestricted funds totaling the same amount, indicating strong financial stability. The trustees note that liquid reserves are significantly higher than their policy target of three years of non-discretionary running expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Bequests

“Income for the year increased by 295% to £249,610 due principally to the receipt of significant bequests from the estates of Moya Page and Margaret Hilary Cox.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three years of non-discretionary running expenses (held: £457k)

“This is significantly higher than our reserves policy equating to 3 years of non-discretionary running expenses” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

HGS Trust — ““One of the organisations that gives the Suburb a heart and makes sense of it as a community” HGS Trust 2021” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Ronald Botterill Mrchair
Elisabeth Kocen
Gillian Esmee Purdie
Martin Jeffrey Webster

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£250k	£120k
31/07/2024	£85k	£112k
31/07/2023	£70k	£67k
31/07/2022	£49k	£47k
31/07/2021	£9k	£28k

Common questions

Is HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £130,020 for the year, driven largely by significant bequests. Total net assets increased to £456,591, with unrestricted funds totaling the same amount, indicating strong financial stability. The trustees note that liquid reserves are significantly higher than their policy target of three years of non-discretionary running expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH.

HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH income £329k
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY income £132k
THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k
THE ABBEYFIELD BERKHAMSTED AND HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED income £736k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP	£250k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH FY2025	£329k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	noted
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL FY2025	£563k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025	£519k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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