WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY

Registered charity 310619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates within Aylesbury Town

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted funds of £42,499,976 as of 31 December 2025, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £40,009,411. The Trustees report that the assets are sufficient to meet charitable objects and that the financial position enables them to anticipate future demands. The independent auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£42.5m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (81% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Tusting · trustee of 1 other charity
Elaine Pickering
Julie Ward
LENNARD MAURICE WAKELAM
MR LES SHELDON
MRS PENNI THORNE
Roy James Collis · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN HEWITT
Sherrilyn Bateman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.6m	£1.2m
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£940k
31/12/2022	£1.2m	£783k
31/12/2021	£1.0m	£712k

Common questions

Is WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted funds of £42,499,976 as of 31 December 2025, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £40,009,411. The Trustees report that the assets are sufficient to meet charitable objects and that the financial position enables them to anticipate future demands. The independent auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BERYL HARDING TRUST.

THE BERYL HARDING TRUST income £56k
THE HARDY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
GHAUSIA COMMITTEE AYLESBURY (AYLESBURY MOSQUE) income £293k
The Aylesburian Annual Fund income £585k
THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS income £596k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION income £155k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BERYL HARDING TRUST FY2026	£56k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GHAUSIA COMMITTEE AYLESBURY (AYLESBURY MOSQUE) FY2024	£293k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Aylesburian Annual Fund FY2025	£585k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS FY2025	£596k	—	above	—	no doubt

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