LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)

Registered charity 208877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LADY HIND TRUST

The sole activity of the trust is the giving of grants

Objects

CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ENGLAND AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Broxtowe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £566,300 and awarded grants totaling £542,500, resulting in an increase in free reserves from £250,875 to £274,675. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with total net assets increasing to £25,622,928. The charity does not actively raise funds but relies on the stewardship of existing investment resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Eleanor Barratt · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN DAVID PEARS · trustee of 2 other charities
• NIGEL RUDOLPH SAVORY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Hordern Farr · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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