Registered charity 516345
The Miss M F Hewitt Trust
What it does
Help to the sick,aged and poor in the parish of the Holy Cross (the Abbey) in Shrewsbury
Its charitable purposes
THE BENEFIT OF THE AGED, SICK AND POOR OF THE PARISH OF HOLY CROSS, SHREWSBURY.
Causes
- What it works on
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Shropshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: The Parish of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £3,942 and spent £1,191.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £3,942 | £1,191 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2025 | £3,827 | £6,208 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,752 | £5,149 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,751 | £1,380 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,677 | £2,570 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 7%, from £3,677 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £3,942 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 30% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Bernice Doris Firmin
- Brian Morley Newman
- Hannah Elaine Smith
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 22 September 2026, 131 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 6 October 2025, 117 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 7 January 2025, 24 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 17 May 2024, 107 days late | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 21 November 2022, 71 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 516345
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 19 April 1985
- Governing document
- WILL OF 29 JULY 1944 AND CODICIL OF 4 JUNE 1948
- Council area of its contact address
- Not matched to a council area
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.