THE WRENTHAM TRUST

Registered charity 1000440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable trust with an emphasis on supporting activities and other organisations benefitting children

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£110k
Latest spending
£742k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £2,943,671 in unrestricted bank deposits at year-end. The trustees consider that a catastrophic failure of the banking system is the only significant financial risk to which the charity is exposed. No reserves policy target is stated, as the trustees do not think it necessary to set funds aside to provide reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The Wrentham Trust is supported by its trustees and their close friends or connections through donations, and by legacies from former clients.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bullimores LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£4.8m
Total spending
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£4.8m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£110k£742k
05/04/2024£55k£159k
05/04/2023£19k£145k
05/04/2022£7k£1.0m
05/04/2021£4.8m£7k

Common questions

Is THE WRENTHAM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £2,943,671 in unrestricted bank deposits at year-end. The trustees consider that a catastrophic failure of the banking system is the only significant financial risk to which the charity is exposed. No reserves policy target is stated, as the trustees do not think it necessary to set funds aside to provide reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bullimores LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WRENTHAM TRUST£110k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BROOME FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£900k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£925k—0above—no doubt
THE FITZWILLIAM WENTWORTH AMENITY TRUST FY2025£2.1m—0below—no doubt

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