HOW HILL TRUST

Registered charity 289171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORFOLK BROADS STUDY CENTRE

Residential environmental education and conservation of a listed building and its grounds.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£427k
Latest spending
£410k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were in surplus by £114,020, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £100,000 (equivalent to four months' operating expenditure). The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four month's operating expenditure which would amount to approximately £100,000 (held: £114k)
“It is their intention to build up the charity's free reserves to the equivalent of four month's operating expenditure which would amount to approximately £100,000.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — How Hill Trust (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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£427k£410k
31/12/2024£488k£464k
31/12/2023£349k£436k
31/12/2022£315k£370k
31/12/2021£263k£273k

Common questions

Is HOW HILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were in surplus by £114,020, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £100,000 (equivalent to four months' operating expenditure). The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOW HILL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOW HILL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2022£2kEducation
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2021£2kEducation
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2024£0Education

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND1£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOW HILL TRUST£427k—0unclear—no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£213k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASGILL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£448k—0unclear—no doubt
Cherry Hill Trust Ltd FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH HILL PARK TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.3mmore than £60,0001unclear36.3%material uncertainty
GREEN HILL TRUST FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt

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