THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 326839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the charity is to offer grants to registered charities seeking to raise the quality of life, particularly for those who are young, disadvantaged, deprived, disabled or elderly. Grants are usually confined to specific items or projects in England and Wales and settled after the purchase has been confirmed. See website for further details on how to apply www.hobsoncharity.org.uk

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG THE AGED IMPOTENT AND POOR INHABITANTS OF THE UK AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THEM GENERALLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AND AS THEREIN LIMITED. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF THE UK GENERALLY. (C) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO SUCH COMMUNITIES OF THE UK AS THE COMPANY MAY THINK FIT. (D) TO MAKE GRANTS TO SUCH ASSOCIATIONS, TRUSTS, SOCIETIES OR CORPORATIONS AS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total funds carried forward of £48,052,692 as of 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds of £18,382,276. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted funds sufficient to respond to grant applications and cover support and governance costs, confirming adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01890971

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• George Hobson — Trustee (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

• HOBSON, George — director, appointed 13/05/2026on trustee list
• COOK, Emma — director, appointed 06/03/2019on trustee list
• KELSALL, Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/03/2019on trustee list
• HOBSON, Jennifer — director, appointed 05/05/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 9.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Kelsall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Cook
• George Hobson
• Ms Jennifer Hobson
• Sam Nicholas Clarke

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

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