H A TAYLOR FUND

Registered charity 516428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Fund makes grants to assist people who are in need, hardship and distress and who live in the Parish of Syston. Grants are made to both individuals and organisations.

Objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SYSTON WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 26 OF SCHEME

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SYSTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £31,671, which the Trustees considered ample against their policy to maintain sufficient funds for ongoing operating expenditure. The charity reported a net outgoing resource position of £10,046 for the year, with total income of £27,854 and total expenditure of £37,900.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet the ongoing operating expenditure (held: £32k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which include the free reserves of the Fund, at a level that, in the event of a significant fall in income, would provide sufficient funds to meet the ongoing operating expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLYN JEAN NEWMAN
Clive Stephen Iliffe
ELAINE MARGARET YARWOOD
John William Lucas
LYNN IRENE CHETWYND
Linda Parish
Michael Francis McLoughlin
Peter Black
Tracy Ann Harrison

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
07/05/2025	£28k	£38k
07/05/2024	£27k	£35k
07/05/2023	£26k	£28k
07/05/2022	£23k	£35k
07/05/2021	£32k	£37k

Common questions

Is H A TAYLOR FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £31,671, which the Trustees considered ample against their policy to maintain sufficient funds for ongoing operating expenditure. The charity reported a net outgoing resource position of £10,046 for the year, with total income of £27,854 and total expenditure of £37,900. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.