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Hertford British Charitable Fund

Registered charity 248198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTFORD BRITISH HOSPITAL CORPORATION, PARIS, HOPITAL FRANCO BRITANNIQUE, HOPITAL FRANCO-BRITANNIQUE

Manage assets to generate income to make grants to charities and, through them, to individuals to (a) preserve, protect, improve & enhance the medical, social, psychological, physical & community health & well-being ; (b) provide relief for those in need, hardship or distress and (c) promote the advancement of health by fostering collaboration between the UK and France in the medical field

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £44,455,538, although the majority of these assets are tied up in property held by a holding trustee or pledged as security for significant loans. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £4,701,000 for the year, driven largely by unrealized valuation gains on its investment properties and financial assets, while relying on rental income and investment returns to cover operating costs and charitable grants. The trustees and auditors confirm the use of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified, despite the charity's heavy reliance on its property portfolio and investment funds to service debt and fund future redevelopment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum cash holding of €500,000 (held: £44.5m)
“Reserves policy: approved by the Trustees on 16th June 2021 (and modified on 18th June 2025 to reduce the minimum cash holding from €1 million to €500,000).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs acts as holding trustee for the Charity’s properties.
“the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs who is, by virtue of that office, Minister of Public Building and Works, acts as holding trustee for the Charity’s properties.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton NI LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£868k
Reserves (reported)
£44.5m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~236.6 months of spending — in the top 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: 29.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.9m£2.3m
31/12/2024£1.9m£1.5m
31/12/2023£2.0m£1.8m
31/12/2022£2.6m£992k
31/12/2021£2.3m£1.8m

Common questions

Is Hertford British Charitable Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £44,455,538, although the majority of these assets are tied up in property held by a holding trustee or pledged as security for significant loans. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £4,701,000 for the year, driven largely by unrealized valuation gains on its investment properties and financial assets, while relying on rental income and investment returns to cover operating costs and charitable grants. The trustees and auditors confirm the use of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified, despite the charity's heavy reliance on its property portfolio and investment funds to service debt and fund future redevelopment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton NI LLP.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£55k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD1£5k
Evergreen Care UK1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Hertford British Charitable Fund£2.9m——above—no doubt
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£451k—0above—no doubt
LADY HARRIET BENTINCK TRUST FUND FY2024£376k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt

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