THE HAROLD DEAN CHARITY

Registered charity 266850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity raises funds from renting out fishing rights on a complex of lakes.This is then distributed to local and national charities.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MR DEAN AND HIS WIFE EVANGELINE VESTINA DEAN SHALL BY DEED JOINTLY IRREVOCABLY APPOINT AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY SUCH APPOINTMENT AS THE SURVIVORS OR THE SETTLOR SHALL BY DEED IRREVOCABLY OR REVOCABLY OR BY WILL OR CODICIL APPOINT.

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.

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Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,583 for the year, increasing total reserves to £3,123,672. The trustees note that while the normal reserve policy is to retain one year’s income above the land valuation, reserves are currently being increased in the short term to fund the purchase of a third lake. The charity has no debts and holds its funds in deposit and bank accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: letting of the fishing rights (85% of income)
“All the income is from a single source, i.e. the letting of the fishing rights on the three lakes.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year’s income over and above the land valuation (held: £312k)
“The normal reserve policy is to retain one year’s income over and above the land valuation as a contingency against any unforeseen interruption to the income” — page 2
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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Harold Dean Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£60k£34k
30/06/2024£55k£36k
30/06/2023£49k£36k
30/06/2022£35k£36k
30/06/2021£38k£21k

Common questions

Is THE HAROLD DEAN CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,583 for the year, increasing total reserves to £3,123,672. The trustees note that while the normal reserve policy is to retain one year’s income above the land valuation, reserves are currently being increased in the short term to fund the purchase of a third lake. The charity has no debts and holds its funds in deposit and bank accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.