MARGARET HAYMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

Registered charity 265856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARGARET HAYTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST

Makes grants in areas determined by Trustees from time to time. Current focus is on the intersection between climate change and social justice in low income countries.

Objects

TO SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE SETTLOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£46k

Latest spending

£108k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,108,506, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate reserves and ongoing expenditure levels. No staff were employed during the year, with administration handled directly by the trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.1m)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain the unrestricted reserves of the Trust not committed or invested in fixed asset investments (the free reserves) at a minimum level of £10,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Investment
Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Carolyn Hayman · trustee of 1 other charity
CHARLOTTE WASSERMANN
DAPHNE WASSERMANN
FRAN BURY
Frank Hayman
RUTH WASSERMANN

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Kenya · Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£46k	£108k
31/12/2023	£38k	£120k
31/12/2022	£42k	£114k
31/12/2021	£39k	£85k
31/12/2020	£44k	£92k

Common questions

Is MARGARET HAYMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,108,506, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate reserves and ongoing expenditure levels. No staff were employed during the year, with administration handled directly by the trustees. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.