THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1000147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£8.8m

Latest spending

£9.0m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity is reliant on income from the Bonavero family and Gift Aid, with total income increasing to £8,834,184 in the year ended April 2025. Per the trustees' report, the Charity aims to spend the majority of its funds in the short term while maintaining prudent reserves, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1,482,330 at year-end. The Charity does not actively fundraise and is funded annually by the Bonavero family.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: prudent level of reserves to cover working capital and any emergency grants (held: £1.5m)

“The Charity aims to spend the majority of its funds in the short term whilst maintaining a prudent level of reserves to cover working capital and any emergency grants which may be required.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cottons Accountants LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£8.8m

Total spending

£9.0m

Reserves (reported)

£1.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ABCT Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£8.8m	£9.0m
30/04/2024	£7.5m	£7.2m
30/04/2023	£6.4m	£6.2m
30/04/2022	£5.4m	£5.1m
30/04/2021	£4.7m	£4.2m

Common questions

Is THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity is reliant on income from the Bonavero family and Gift Aid, with total income increasing to £8,834,184 in the year ended April 2025. Per the trustees' report, the Charity aims to spend the majority of its funds in the short term while maintaining prudent reserves, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1,482,330 at year-end. The Charity does not actively fundraise and is funded annually by the Bonavero family. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cottons Accountants LLP.

Who funds THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	FY2025	£105k	Contribution to Harm to Healing - a pooled fund
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	FY2025	£100k	Harm to Healing

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Barrow Cadbury Trust	19/10/2024	£100k	Harm to Healing
A B Charitable Trust	26/01/2016	£4k	Regulation of cannabis for medical use

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABN TRUST.

ABN TRUST income £175k
The A and J Charitable Trust income £590k
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST income £190k
THE A B GRACE TRUST income £121k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £6.3m
ABG TRUST FUND income £178k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	£8.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ABN TRUST FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The A and J Charitable Trust FY2025	£590k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST FY2024	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE A B GRACE TRUST FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£6.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.