THE HUDDERSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL TRUST FUND

Registered charity 220016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Monitoring the state of the War Memorial in Greenhead Park and providing grants to charitable organisations in the Huddersfield area which provide for Ex Servicemen and for the Sick and Needy.

Objects

1) TO OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.2) TO OR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE WAR MEMORIAL TO BE ERECTED IN GREENHEAD PARK, HUDDERSFIELD.3) TO OR FOR THE EDUCATION, MAINTENANCE AND BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHO FULFIL THE PROVISIONS SET OUT IN THE SCHEME.4) MAINTENANCE BENEFIT OR ADVANTAGE OF ANY CONVALESCENT HOME, OR HOMES, PLACE OR PLACES FOR INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OR OTHER INSTITUTE HAVING FOR THE OBJECT CARE OF THE SICK, POOR AND NEEDY WITHIN A RADIUS OF 20 MILES OF HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL.

Area of benefit: HUDDERSFIELD OR ITS VICINITY

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

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Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £2,877 after distributing £35,000 in grants, resulting in total net assets of £679,740. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves (other reserves) stood at £93,040, while the majority of funds (£586,700) are restricted to investment revaluations. The trustees confirm they are preparing the accounts on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from investments (99% of income)
“Income from investments 2 37,594 35,840” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: distribute substantially the whole of the realised income... retaining the capital funds (held: £93k)
“The policy of the Trustees in each year is to distribute substantially the whole of the realised income to the benefiting charities after taking into account any expenditure required in relation to the War Memorial, while retaining the capital funds in order to provide a similar and continuing level of income in the future.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£38k£35k
31/12/2024£36k£35k
31/12/2023£35k£33k
31/12/2022£33k£31k
31/12/2021£30k£32k

Common questions

Is THE HUDDERSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £2,877 after distributing £35,000 in grants, resulting in total net assets of £679,740. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves (other reserves) stood at £93,040, while the majority of funds (£586,700) are restricted to investment revaluations. The trustees confirm they are preparing the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.