THE HANLEY TRUST (1987)

Registered charity 299209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees normally only make grants or loans to to other registered charities.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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.

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Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,288,867, which the trustees consider adequate to meet obligations and support continued grant making. The charity reported a net expenditure of £45,722 for the year, funded by investment income of £53,666 and the drawdown of reserves. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: UK Dividends - quoted (56% of income)
“UK Dividends - quoted 30,273” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: retain as a reserve only sufficient to be able to respond expeditiously and when appropriate to urgent appeals (held: £1.3m)
“It is the trustees’ policy to distribute approximately one year's investment income in the course of each financial year and to retain as a reserve only sufficient to be able to respond expeditiously and when appropriate to urgent appeals” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£54k£88k
05/04/2024£56k£65k
05/04/2023£66k£73k
05/04/2022£53k£61k
05/04/2021£47k£60k

Common questions

Is THE HANLEY TRUST (1987) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,288,867, which the trustees consider adequate to meet obligations and support continued grant making. The charity reported a net expenditure of £45,722 for the year, funded by investment income of £53,666 and the drawdown of reserves. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.