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The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited

57 /100

Clarity score

Poor

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

57/100 Clarity Score · 2 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2025

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Is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited a good charity?

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited scores 57/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£107k total income, 87% cause spend, latest year). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£107k

Accounts 2025-01-31

Spending

£149k

Accounts 2025-01-31

Charitable activities

87%

latest year · share of spending

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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What does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited do?

Helping disadvantaged children in the third world

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited raise and spend?

Accounts period 2024-02-01 to 2025-01-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited revenue and expenses for 2025
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £107k —
Total expenditure £149k —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —

What changed in The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2025 compared with 2024. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
+2.8%
£104k → £107k
Spending change
+81.2%
£82k → £149k
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £149k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 January 2025, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 January 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
05015106 (Companies House)
Also known as
Hccf
Previous names on the register
The Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited
Where it says it operates
South Africa

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's finances changed over five years?

Income rose 37% from £78k in 2021 to £107k in 2025; spending was £149k in 2025.

£0 £200k £400k £600k £800k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Income 2021: £78k Spending 2021: £86k Income 2022: £77k Spending 2022: £129k Income 2023: £617k Spending 2023: £79k Cause spend 2023: £69k Income 2024: £104k Spending 2024: £82k Income 2025: £107k Spending 2025: £149k
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend
The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2025 £107k £149k Not disclosed
2024 £104k £82k Not disclosed
2023 £617k £79k £69k
2022 £77k £129k Not disclosed
2021 £78k £86k Not disclosed

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

Financial context

How do its finances compare with similar charities?

Compare The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited with 15 other homelessness charities in our detailed dataset: the same regulator, £100k–£500k income band and accounts ending in 2025. Each period covers 50–54 weeks. These are reference points, not targets or a ranking of impact.

Swipe across the table to see the peer median and coverage.

Latest annual figures, accounts ending 2025-01-31. Peer medians exclude this charity; the median is the middle value.
MeasureThis charityPeer medianPeer coverage
Annual income £107k £364k 15 of 15
Annual spending £149k £372k 15 of 15
Charitable activities share Not available Too few disclosures 0 of 15

The annual spending share can differ from the multi-year average shown elsewhere. Missing disclosures are excluded, never counted as zero. We show a median only with at least ten peer disclosures. Different year-end months, restricted funding and delivery models can still limit comparisons.

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How does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Same cause, income band and accounts year (2025) 61stpercentile

Scores at or above 61% of 18 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 57/100 vs 55 peer average.

Income band (£100k–£500k) 68thpercentile

Scores at or above 68% of 1,002 charities in its income band · 57/100 vs 52 peer average.

Homelessness charities 9thpercentile

Scores at or above 9% of 237 charities in this cause · 57/100 vs 78 peer average.

How does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited compare, and where else can you look?

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Where The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited sits

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited

In 2025, reported income was £106,846 and expenditure was £149,045. Expenditure exceeded income by £42,199. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income rose 2.8% compared with 2024. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

A separate charitable-activities spending figure is not available for this year in our dataset. We cannot calculate an annual programme-spending share from these fields.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies.

How it works: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

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Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £60,246 (2023-01-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

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What is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

83/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

 100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

 100% 4 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

 30% 3/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

0/100

Financial Health metrics for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

 0% Not stated · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

 0% Comparability review needed · 0/10 pts
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

 0% Not stated · 0/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

95/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

 90% 87% · 9/10 pts (Latest year)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

 100% 2p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (Latest year, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

50/100

Community Support metrics for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

 50% 1 volunteers · 5/10 pts

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What trust indicators does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    4 trustees on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

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Official register

Reg 1101905

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Carl St John Cropper
  • Nick Jackson since 2016
  • Nikki Munro since 2017
  • David Andrew Torres since 2017

How reliable is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2025
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 3991567. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited a good charity? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited scores 57 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 87% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1101905). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1101905&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's charity number? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's charity number is 1101905. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's charity rating? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited scores 57 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 87% of The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 13% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 18% of expenditure (2023); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.

How much income does The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited receive? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited reported £107k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: check comparability.

Are The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-01). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited based? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's registered contact address is in St Albans (AL1 1RD). It tells the regulator it operates in South Africa, with a focus on homelessness.

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited? +

The register records The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's trustees paid? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 January 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

What was The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited previously called? +

The register lists this previous name for The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited: The Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited.

When was The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited registered as a charity? +

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited was entered on the register on 4 February 2004. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05015106).

How does CharityCompare score The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.