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SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 265656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Performances, courses and workshops across all art forms

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £41,187, which is significantly below the Trustees' stated minimum policy target of £350,000. The filing discloses a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing dependence on annual grant funding and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 36.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“A total of £87,402 (2024: £64,758) was raised in the year from individual donations for a direct cost of £31,730 (2024: £30,559).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £350,000 (held: £41k)
“The Trustees have set an absolute minimum level of free reserves at £350,000 to satisfy preferential creditors and necessary redundancy costs should the Arts Centre be forced to close and cease to trade.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Charity to continue as a going concern.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Bracknell Town Council provided a revenue grant of £142,000. Amount due was £Nil.
“Awarded a revenue grant of £142,000 (2024 - £135,000) to South Hill Park Trust Limited. At the balance sheet date, the amount due to/from Bracknell Town Council was £Nil” — page 36
“During the year, the Trust charged HTC management charges of £152,734 (2024: £146,790) for the provision of staff and other services and expenditure incurred on its behalf.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Haversham Trading Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary) received management charges of £152,734 for staff and services.
“Awarded a revenue grant of £142,000 (2024 - £135,000) to South Hill Park Trust Limited. At the balance sheet date, the amount due to/from Bracknell Town Council was £Nil” — page 36
“During the year, the Trust charged HTC management charges of £152,734 (2024: £146,790) for the provision of staff and other services and expenditure incurred on its behalf.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £319k
“In 2021 this liability reduced to £319,000 and the Trust agreed a repayment plan with the pension scheme administrators to finalise a settlement agreement for the ongoing cessation liability.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Haversham Trading Company Limited
“The wholly owned trading subsidiary, Haversham Trading Company Limited (HTC), which is incorporated in the UK, gifts its taxable profits to the Trust.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reserves (reported)
£41k
Employees
99

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£2.4m
31/03/2024£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2023£2.1m£2.2m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.9m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.1m

Common questions

Is SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £41,187, which is significantly below the Trustees' stated minimum policy target of £350,000. The filing discloses a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing dependence on annual grant funding and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Ross Brooke.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2020£9kAccess all Areas

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
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1—
THE NISBET TRUST1£400k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£65k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£15k
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST1£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST HILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED£2.3mmore than £60,0001unclear36.3%material uncertainty
WEST HILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2024£1.2m——unclear—noted
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£490k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£213k—0unclear—no doubt
Cherry Hill Trust Ltd FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt

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