RICHMOND AND HILLCROFT ADULT AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Registered charity 312825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILLCROFT COLLEGE, HILLCROFT COLLEGE (INCORPORATED), HILLCROFT COLLEGE-THE RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE FOR WORKING WOMEN (INCORPORATED)

Hillcroft College, founded in 1920, provides outstanding educational opportunities for adult women through residential and individualised learning. Hillcroft enables women to progress in their work, community, education, business and in their personal lives. Hillcroft also develops educational services for organisations dedicated to women?s advancement and provides a forum for debate.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College incurred an operating deficit of £80,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total comprehensive expenditure rising to a deficit of £439,000. The College holds net assets of £43,148,000 but reports net current liabilities of £383,000 and an unrestricted cash balance of only £160,000, leading the auditor to identify a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~48.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anirudh Ralli
• Annabel Barbara Naylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Pepper
• David Blaikley
• Dr Siu Wo Im
• Emily Frank
• Frank Garrett
• Gabrielle Nina Flint
• John Martin Riglin
• Manoj Nanda
• Matthew Pope
• Robert Dykes
• Sharon Elizabeth Raj
• Sue Preston

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIRCROFT COLLEGE OF ADULT EDUCATION.

• FIRCROFT COLLEGE OF ADULT EDUCATION income £3.0m
• MORLEY COLLEGE LIMITED income £24.2m
• WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE CORPORATION income £7.6m
• WEST HILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• THE NORTHERN COLLEGE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION LIMITED income £4.7m
• HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £213k

Side by side with its peers

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