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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

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Latest income
£594k
Latest spending
£571k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £274,675, which represents an increase from the previous year's £250,875. The trustees' policy is to retain all capital and distribute income as grants, with no specific numerical reserves target stated in the filing. The charity reports a net after-grant surplus of £23,800 for the year and total net assets of £25,622,928.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain all capital and distribute income as grants, with ability to retain part of income if insufficient worthy applications or investment value falls (held: £275k)
“It is the general policy of the trust to retain all of the capital which compromises part of its reserves and to distribute each year through grants all of the trust's income which is not used to meet its governance and management costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: T H Farr's son is a trustee of Unanima Theatre CIC, which received a grant of £2,500.
“T H Farr's son is a trustee of Unanima Threatre CIC to which a grant of £2,500 (2024: £Nil) was made during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

Total income
£594k
Total spending
£571k
Reserves (reported)
£275k
Employees
0

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

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£594k£571k
31/12/2024£519k£529k
31/12/2023£536k£623k
31/12/2022£599k£479k
31/12/2021£497k£444k

Common questions

Is LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £274,675, which represents an increase from the previous year's £250,875. The trustees' policy is to retain all capital and distribute income as grants, with no specific numerical reserves target stated in the filing. The charity reports a net after-grant surplus of £23,800 for the year and total net assets of £25,622,928. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLAUDE AND SOFIA MARION FOUNDATION1£134k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST1£49k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION1£20k
THE TOY TRUST1£5k
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION1£2k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LINDEN LODGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)£594k—0above—no doubt
THE LINDEN LODGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£314k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BERYL HARDING TRUST FY2026£56k—0above—no doubt
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£725k—0unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt
LINDENLEAF CIO FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt

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