Estate Charity of William Hatcliffe

• This funder publishes no application process, and its annual report, register entry and other pages give no way to apply, so the sensible first step is to use the contact it shows and ask whether it takes approaches at all.
• Its income goes to three beneficiary charities in fixed shares, half to Greenwich and a quarter each to Lee and Lewisham, and its stated priority area is Greenwich, Lee and Lewisham, so a group working there has the clearest case to make.
• The annual report gives no grant range, so no request size can be recommended from it, and the £600,000 total is what it gave in the latest year, not what any one applicant might receive.
• Distributions are paid quarterly, with a further one decided at the March meeting according to the beneficiaries' cash needs, so keep any enquiry brief and expect the timing to be set by those needs.

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• Greenwich Charity of William Hatcliffe and the Misses Smith
  £300,000year to 31 March 2025
• Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe
  £150,000year to 31 March 2025
• Lewisham Almhouses Charities
  £150,000year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

• Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
• Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

• Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)

This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.