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HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 262933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HEDLEY FOUNDATION

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £5,183,924 for the year ended 31 March 2024, driven by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £1,690,247, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of twelve months' operating expenditure. The charity relies entirely on its invested assets for funding and maintains a cautious approach to expenditure amidst economic uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months operating expenditure (held: £1.7m)
“The Trustees consider the appropriate target level of consolidated free reserves to be twelve months operating expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Sir Andrew Ford received salaries from subsidiary companies: £24,500 from Fairhood Properties Limited, £12,000 from Middlerigg Services Limited, and £29,500 from Mountbarrow Properties Limited.
“Sir Andrew Ford is a Company Director of Fairhood Properties Limited for which he is paid a salary of £24,500, Middlerigg Services Limited, for which he is paid a salary of £12,000 and Mountbarrow Properties Limited for which he is paid a salary of £29,500 per annum.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £3.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£377k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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: 25.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.1m£656k

Common questions

Is HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £5,183,924 for the year ended 31 March 2024, driven by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £1,690,247, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of twelve months' operating expenditure. The charity relies entirely on its invested assets for funding and maintains a cautious approach to expenditure amidst economic uncertainties. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

Who funds HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include Evergreen Care UK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Evergreen Care UKFY2024£500Restricted funds assignment

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
ATTEND1£60k
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO1£30k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£9k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED£1.5m—0above—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEADLEY TRUST FY2025£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2024£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m£110,001 - £120,000—above—no doubt
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION FY2025£210k—0unclear—no doubt

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