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THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants mainly for the restoration of records or archives of historical societies/bodies or restoration of historic churches - recipients are usually restricted to bodies within or bordering the counties of Bedfordshire Bucks or Oxfordshire and of known interest to the Trustees.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£287k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £34,558 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in unrestricted general funds and net investment losses. Total funds carried forward were £11,727,696, with the Trustees maintaining that the charity has 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

Reserves policy: maintain the capital fund reserve to generate future income (held: £11.7m)
“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain the capital fund reserve to generate future income.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: An accountancy practice in which one trustee, B. K. Silva, is a partner, received £17,124 gross including VAT (2024: £16,599 for accountancy services during the year, and solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.
“An accountancy practice in which one trustee, B. K. Silva, is a partner, received £17,124 gross including VAT (2024: £16,599 for accountancy services during the year, and solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.” — page 22
“An accountancy practice in which one trustee, B. K. Silva, is a partner, received £17,124 gross including VAT (2024: £16,599 for accountancy services during the year, and solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.
“An accountancy practice in which one trustee, B. K. Silva, is a partner, received £17,124 gross including VAT (2024: £16,599 for accountancy services during the year, and solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.” — page 22
“An accountancy practice in which one trustee, B. K. Silva, is a partner, received £17,124 gross including VAT (2024: £16,599 for accountancy services during the year, and solicitors of which one trustee, T. E. Gilman, is a partner, received £4,120 gross including VAT (2024: £5,923) for legal services.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£775k
Total spending
£780k
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reserves (reported)
£25.4m
Employees
0

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: 12.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£287k£313k
31/03/2024£433k£14.7m
31/03/2023£775k£780k
31/03/2022£671k£678k
31/03/2021£569k£625k

Common questions

Is THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £34,558 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in unrestricted general funds and net investment losses. Total funds carried forward were £11,727,696, with the Trustees maintaining that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST LEONARD, HORBURY WITH ST JOHN, HORBURY BRIDGE1£3k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 19761£900

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST£287k—0above—no doubt
THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£304k—0above—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£222k—0above—no doubt
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt

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