THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY

Registered charity 509367 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The clerk to the trustees is the initial contact for local bodies and organisations seeking grants. These applications are screened to ensure that the applications meet the objectives of the Charity. The trustees meet regularly to consider the applications and to make grants in appropriate circumstances.

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Latest income

£955k

Latest spending

£735k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £20,850,252, with unrestricted free reserves of £443,716. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of maintaining free reserves equivalent to approximately one year’s charitable expenditure, and the accounts confirm that current levels are more than sufficient to cover at least one year’s charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (64% of income)

“Investment income 613,827”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately one year’s charitable expenditure (held: £444k)

“The trustees have set a long-term objective to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to approximately one year’s charitable expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: As at 5th April 2025, a balance owed to the beneficiaries of FG Higgs / FJ Hope Trust from Hope Property Management Limited totaled £46,722.54 (2024: £64,900.73). M F Knatchbull-Hugessen is a trustee of both FG Higgs & FJ Hope Trust and a director of Hope Property Management Limited. A E Higgs Charity is a trustee of the FJ Hope Trust.

“As at 5th April 2025, a balance owed to the beneficiaries of FG Higgs / FJ Hope Trust from Hope Property Management Limited totaled £46,722.54 (2024: £64,900.73). M F Knatchbull-Hugessen is a trustee of both FG Higgs & FJ Hope Trust and a director of Hope Property Management Limited. A E Higgs Charity is a trustee of the FJ Hope Trust.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Hope Property Managements Limited, Plough Hill Land

“The results and headline balance sheet accounts for Hope Property Managements Limited and Plough Hill Land are shown in note 13.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Armstrongs Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£955k

Total spending

£735k

Cost of raising funds

£191k

Reserves (reported)

£444k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (55% 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: 20.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Edward William Barrettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
EMILY LUCY BARLOW · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Louise Bates
MARILYN FREDA KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN JP · trustee of 1 other charity
Steven Alan Cooke · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£955k	£735k
05/04/2024	£676k	£621k
05/04/2023	£575k	£639k
05/04/2022	£583k	£548k
05/04/2021	£417k	£903k

Common questions

Is THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £20,850,252, with unrestricted free reserves of £443,716. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of maintaining free reserves equivalent to approximately one year’s charitable expenditure, and the accounts confirm that current levels are more than sufficient to cover at least one year’s charitable expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Armstrongs Accountancy Ltd.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Evergreen Care UK	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO.

THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO income £1.7m
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £169k
THE LADY FORESTER TRUST income £209k
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.5m
BERNARD PIGGOTT CHARITABLE TRUST income £140k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	£955k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO FY2025	£1.7m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LADY FORESTER TRUST FY2025	£209k	—	below	—	no doubt
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
BERNARD PIGGOTT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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