HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED

Registered charity 270060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc)

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £137,940 for the year ended 30 September 2024, bringing total unrestricted funds to £6,628,841. The trustees consider the level of free reserves, which amounted to approximately 1.5 months of operating costs when excluding strategic investments, to be adequate given the readily available cash for investment opportunities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01220696

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.

• JONES, Simon Matthew, Very Revd — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Terence Mark — director, appointed 31/01/2024on trustee list
• PLATTEN, Aidan Stephen George, Rev — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
• ANDRADI, Benedict Pius Marilaan — director, appointed 31/01/2020on trustee list
• HEDGES, Jane Barbara, The Very Revd — director, appointed 23/01/2020on trustee list
• COULDREY, Helen Mary Karin — director, appointed 29/01/2019on trustee list
• LILLEY, Christopher Charles — secretary, appointed 02/01/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BENEDICT PIUS ANDRADI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Adams
• Helen Mary Karin Couldrey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Aidan Stephen George Platten · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Dr Simon Matthew Jones
• Rev Jane Barbara Hedges · trustee of 2 other charities
• Terence MArk Knight · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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