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GEORGE HUDSON'S CHARITY

Registered charity 527204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants to orphaned children and young people.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £2,984, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain regular payments to beneficiaries in the event of a significant reduction in income. Total funds decreased from £659,950 to £647,185 due to net losses on investments, although the charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k; policy: ensure that in the event of a significant reduction in income the trustees could at least maintain the regular payments to those beneficiaries who have come to rely on them)
“The free reserves of the charity excluding investments are currently £2,984.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£31k£33k
05/04/2024£44k£37k
05/04/2023£28k£59k
05/04/2022£39k£46k
05/04/2021£34k£90k

Common questions

Is GEORGE HUDSON'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £2,984, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain regular payments to beneficiaries in the event of a significant reduction in income. Total funds decreased from £659,950 to £647,185 due to net losses on investments, although the charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GEORGE HUDSON'S CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GEORGE HUDSON'S CHARITY as a grant recipient include SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£9kSection 2(f)
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2021£9kCharitable Or anisations
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£9kSection 2 f Charitable Organisations