THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST

Registered charity 286350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The sole activity of the trust is the giving of grants

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Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£161k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £110,847, an increase from £87,393 in the prior year, resulting from a net income of £164,054 against charitable expenditure of £160,778. Total net assets stood at £6,095,094, supported by investment gains of £222,075. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain all capital and distribute all income not used for governance/management costs, with ability to retain income if insufficient worthy grant applications or investment value falls significantly (held: £111k)

“It is the general policy of the trust to retain all of the capital which comprises part of its reserves and to distribute each year through grants all of the trust's income which is not used to meet its governance and management costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants made to Holt Youth Project, where trustee C W L Barratt was also a trustee.

“C W L Barratt was a trustee of the Holt Youth Project to which grants totalling £3,000 (2024: £15,500) were made during the year.” — page 20

“N R Savory is the treasurer and on the Parish Church Council of Great Snoring Church to which a grant of £Nil (2024: £3,000) was made during the year.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant made to Great Snoring Church, where trustee N R Savory is treasurer.

“C W L Barratt was a trustee of the Holt Youth Project to which grants totalling £3,000 (2024: £15,500) were made during the year.” — page 20

“N R Savory is the treasurer and on the Parish Church Council of Great Snoring Church to which a grant of £Nil (2024: £3,000) was made during the year.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Eleanor Barratt · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN DAVID PEARS · trustee of 2 other charities
MR TIM FARR · trustee of 4 other charities
NIGEL RUDOLPH SAVORY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£184k	£161k
31/12/2024	£154k	£149k
31/12/2023	£159k	£168k
31/12/2022	£178k	£141k
31/12/2021	£150k	£126k

Common questions

Is THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £110,847, an increase from £87,393 in the prior year, resulting from a net income of £164,054 against charitable expenditure of £160,778. Total net assets stood at £6,095,094, supported by investment gains of £222,075. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989.

BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 income £623k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST income £144k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £329k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	£184k	—	above	—	no doubt
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 FY2025	£623k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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