THE HARTLEY TRUST

Registered charity 226021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DONNINGTON HOSPITAL

Management of Almshouses

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

Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £55,676,048, which the trustees describe as maintaining a strong financial position to support almshouse maintenance and charitable activities. The trustees note that while the property portfolio is less liquid than financial investments, strong cash generation makes it unlikely the charity will have insufficient reserves to meet future commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £180,001 - £190,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £180,001 - £190,000 5 1” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Investments (58% of income)

“Investments 1,571,197” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£2.6m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£534k

Reserves (reported)

£56.7m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (56% 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: 20.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

THE HARTLEY TRUST CORPORATE TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.6m	£2.1m
31/12/2024	£2.7m	£2.1m
31/12/2023	£1.9m	£2.3m
31/12/2022	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/12/2021	£2.0m	£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE HARTLEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £55,676,048, which the trustees describe as maintaining a strong financial position to support almshouse maintenance and charitable activities. The trustees note that while the property portfolio is less liquid than financial investments, strong cash generation makes it unlikely the charity will have insufficient reserves to meet future commitments. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HARTLEY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £180,001 - £190,000 band.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£67k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	1	£31k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES	1	£14k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £279k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY income £4.2m
The Almshouse Association income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HARTLEY TRUST	£2.6m	£180,001 - £190,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£279k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£4.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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