The Edith Ashby Support Fund

Registered charity 208792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LHH, Linking Help with Hope since 1908, THE LEAGUE OF THE HELPING HAND

One off and quarterly payments to individuals in hardship due to illness or disability throughout the UK.

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Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£159k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of just under £17k and total unrestricted funds of £2,573,951. The trustees confirm that reserves are sufficient to cover forthcoming management and administrative expenditure and regular grants, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover forthcoming management and administrative expenditure and regular grants and donations to which it is committed (held: £2.6m)
The level of reserves is sufficient to cover forthcoming management and administrative expenditure and regular grants and donations to which it is committed.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£175k£159k
31/03/2024£139k£179k
31/03/2023£198k£163k
31/03/2022£165k£168k
31/03/2021£149k£190k

Common questions

Is The Edith Ashby Support Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of just under £17k and total unrestricted funds of £2,573,951. The trustees confirm that reserves are sufficient to cover forthcoming management and administrative expenditure and regular grants, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Edith Ashby Support Fund£175k0aboveno doubt
YISHAYA ADLER MEMORIAL FUND FY2025£3.3m0unclearno doubt
ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE FY2024£223k0unclearno doubt
THE ASHA FOUNDATION FY2024£287k0unclearno doubt
THE ASHLA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£103k0aboveno doubt
ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£173k0unclear86.0%no doubt

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