ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE

Registered charity 227720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support and donations to 3 Local Charities

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

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £71,043,847, comprising £69,805,000 in permanent endowment and £287,233 in general unrestricted funds. The trustees report a strong rental market with gross residential income exceeding £2,600,000 and note that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Myers Clark. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£287k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 61.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.4m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.2m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.5m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.6m

Common questions

Is ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £71,043,847, comprising £69,805,000 in permanent endowment and £287,233 in general unrestricted funds. The trustees report a strong rental market with gross residential income exceeding £2,600,000 and note that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Myers Clark.

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 JD FOUNDATION1£561k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLIFTON COLLEGE ENDOWMENT FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE ENDOWMENT FUND FY2024£170k—0above—no doubt
ST MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH LANDS FY2024£984k—0within—no doubt
THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS FY2025£596k—0above—no doubt
THE WAQF FUND FY2024£563k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARGRAVE FOUNDATION FY2026£174k—0unclear—no doubt

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