CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON

Registered charity 215542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON'S ELEEMOSYNARY CHARITY (BREWER'S COMPANY)

Upkeep of Almshouses in South Mimms (3/13ths of net income) and grant distribution (10/13ths of net income) to the Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation (charity registration 312500)

Objects

1) THREE THIRTEENTHS TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY. 2) TEN THIRTEENTHS TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE CHARITY CALLED THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS BARKING EXHIBITION FOUNDATION, IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS, TO BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THAT CHARITY.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£108k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no unrestricted reserves and a policy to distribute all available net income each year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's total funds increased significantly to £6,361,895, driven largely by gains on investment assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute all the available net income each year

“There are no on-going commitments that require the Charity to hold unrestricted reserves, so the policy is to distribute all the available net income each year.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Administration charge of £23,068 paid to Trustee (Brewers' Company)

“The charity is charged for administration costs by the Brewers’ Company which is the Trustee of the charity. The contribution for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £23,068 (2024: £21,986).” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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
Serious incident reporting 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

The Master and Keepers or Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery or Art of Brewers of the City of London · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£102k	£108k
31/12/2024	£96k	£101k
31/12/2023	£90k	£94k
31/12/2022	£87k	£96k
31/12/2021	£83k	£85k

Common questions

Is CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no unrestricted reserves and a policy to distribute all available net income each year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's total funds increased significantly to £6,361,895, driven largely by gains on investment assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY.

THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY income £980k
THE ALDERMASTON CHARITY income £78k
LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £16k
ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF JAMES GOODMAN income £162k
SIR JOHN JACOB'S ALMSHOUSES income £75k
THE HESLINGTON ALMSHOUSES CHARITY income £63k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON	£102k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY FY2025	£980k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALDERMASTON CHARITY FY2025	£78k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£16k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF JAMES GOODMAN FY2025	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR JOHN JACOB'S ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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