Helping Herts
Helping Herts empowers and supports children and families in need by providing match funded sponsorship, connecting charities to new resources and raising the profile of charities and their clients across Hertfordshire. Fundraising, event management and grant giving.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,090 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £193,329 to £167,239. The trustees confirm that the charity maintains sufficient reserves to meet its policy target of six months' core costs and has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“The charity’s reserve policy is to maintain liquid funds equal to at least six months’ core costs” — page 5
Funders the charity credits
- Auto Trader
- Ceres Rural
- Chaldean
- Cultivo Lounge
- Nockolds
- Ringway
- Stort Group
Trustees
- GORDON MORRISON
- James Robert Sutton Tatchell
- Richard Gilkes
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £277k | £303k |
| 30/06/2024 | £415k | £332k |
| 30/06/2023 | £304k | £241k |
| 30/06/2022 | £226k | £183k |
| 30/06/2021 | £25k | £30k |
Common questions
Is Helping Herts financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,090 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £193,329 to £167,239. The trustees confirm that the charity maintains sufficient reserves to meet its policy target of six months' core costs and has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Helping Herts?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Helping Herts as a grant recipient include THE CHALDEAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976, THE PAVIORS' CHARITY.
Shared trustees with funders
- GORDON MORRISON — trustee here and at THE CHALDEAN CHARITABLE TRUST
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE CHALDEAN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £72k | |
| THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976 | FY2023 | £2k | Social welfare |
| THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976 | FY2024 | £500 | Social welfare |
| THE PAVIORS' CHARITY | FY2024 | £100 | Other |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| AGE UK | 1 | £478k |
| THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £27k |
| THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £25k |
| THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £14k |
| THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £10k |
| THE BATCHWORTH TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £4k |
Charities like this
- Herts Welcomes Refugees
- Herts Ability Limited
- HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
- AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE
- HERTS YOUNG HOMELESS GROUP
- HERTSMERE MENCAP
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Herts | £277k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| Herts Welcomes Refugees | £156k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Herts Ability Limited | £749k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | £10.7m | more than £70,000 | 1 | unclear | 3.0% | no doubt |
| AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE | £5.5m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| HERTS YOUNG HOMELESS GROUP | £2.0m | more than £60,000 | 1 | within | — | no doubt |