HYDE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 289888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH PLUS

The Hyde Charitable Trust is part of the Hyde Group and supports the work of the Hyde Foundation, Hydes social investment team. The Charitys funds are targeted to the Hyde residents and communities who are most in need and it invests money in programmes and services that have the most impact on the lives and futures of Hyde residents and communities.

Objects

The Object of the Charity is to promote charitable purposes in England and particularly the prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£343k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £10,849,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net loss of £1,052,000 for the year, primarily driven by a £206,000 loss on the revaluation of investments. Despite the investment decline, the trustees maintain that liquid assets and cash are expected to comfortably meet future obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no set level (reserves figure: £10.8m)
“There is no set level of “free reserves” however the Trustees do require that income generated from investments is made available for grant making.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £59,000 — grants £59,000 (2); 12% of the £502,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£513k
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£10.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~100.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (88% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£343k£1.2m
31/03/2024£513k£1.3m
31/03/2023£502k£1.1m
31/03/2022£445k£1.1m
31/03/2021£5.3m£1.5m

Common questions

Is HYDE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £10,849,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net loss of £1,052,000 for the year, primarily driven by a £206,000 loss on the revaluation of investments. Despite the investment decline, the trustees maintain that liquid assets and cash are expected to comfortably meet future obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority14/01/2019£150kYoung Londoners Fund

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
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HAYES (KENT) TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HYDE CHARITABLE TRUST£343k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAYES (KENT) TRUST FY2026£69k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LINDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GYDE CHARITY FY2025£62k—0below—no doubt
HYDE PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE FY2025£766k—0above—no doubt
LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt

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