THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 298119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HATTER (I M O) FOUNDATION

The charity seeks to distribute income arising from invested funds to various charitable causes at the discretion of the Trustees. The charity continues to provide particular support to projects related to education, education and social welfare.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Merged into THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION (charity 1187823) — merger registered 07/09/2022.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£23.2m
Registered
1987

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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 05/04/2020

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2019

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2018

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2020 (received 15/06/2022, 495 days after the 05/02/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2020)

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£23.2m
Cost of raising funds
£447k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Operates in: Israel · South Africa · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2023——
05/04/2022——
05/04/2021——
05/04/2020£4.2m£23.2m
05/04/2019£6.2m£1.4m