E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 256453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FINDEN HALL CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity was established for general charitable purposes, providing grants to other charities at the discretion of the trustees.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £3,152,436 to £2,498,510 due to a net loss of £653,926, driven primarily by investment revaluations. The trustees maintain a cash reserve of approximately £50,000 to distribute grants evenly throughout the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity invests its reserves to generate annual income for grant-making and does not anticipate building up further reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“Total incoming resources 152,163”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately £50,000 (reserves figure: £2.5m)

“A cash reserve, averaging approximately £50,000, will be maintained in order that the trustees can make grants evenly throughout the year and not have to rely on the timing of the receipt of investment income.” — page 3

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY ERIC FINDEN HALL
Andrew David Finden Hall
IAN FINDEN HALL
Joanna Elizabeth Easton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£152k	£145k
05/04/2024	£148k	£137k
05/04/2023	£142k	£149k
05/04/2022	£130k	£151k
05/04/2021	£127k	£124k

Common questions

Is E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £3,152,436 to £2,498,510 due to a net loss of £653,926, driven primarily by investment revaluations. The trustees maintain a cash reserve of approximately £50,000 to distribute grants evenly throughout the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity invests its reserves to generate annual income for grant-making and does not anticipate building up further reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with G M C TRUST.

G M C TRUST income £164k
THE GEOFF HILL CHARITABLE TRUST income £73k
FROGNAL TRUST income £104k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £384k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST income £144k
PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £140k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUST	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
G M C TRUST FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GEOFF HILL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£73k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FROGNAL TRUST FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£384k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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