LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS' ESTATE CHARITY

Registered charity 224098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management of the charity's property and investment portfolio in order to provide grant funding for educational and religious purposes.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £1,878,268 for the year ended 24 June 2025, driven by significant gains on investments. The charity maintains sufficient cash resources to meet its obligations and holds total funds of £26,179,834, though it has no unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed there are 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

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07754771

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• YOUNGE, Dawn Lesley — director, appointed 04/02/2020not on trustee list
• TOWNLEY, Peter Kenneth, The Venerable — director, appointed 07/03/2014not on trustee list
• CLOSE, Stephen Roy — director, appointed 07/06/2013not on trustee list
• HARTLEY, Stewart John — director, appointed 07/06/2013not on trustee list
• SHARP, Jonathan Edward — director, appointed 17/04/2012not on trustee list
• WARRY, Peter John, Canon — director, appointed 17/04/2012not on trustee list
• GRANGER, Mark — director, appointed 26/08/2011not on trustee list
• WILTON, Christopher, Reverend — director, appointed 26/08/2011not on trustee list
• FALLOWS, Andrew James — secretary, appointed 02/03/2012

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

23 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (22 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 24/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 43.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS' CHARITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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