HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND

Registered charity 1014798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

The Charity's principal activities are the provision of legal education and the running of a specialist legal library and chapel.

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Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £200,000 at year-end, meeting the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining £200,000 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees confirmed that the current level of reserves is adequate to support ongoing expenditure, relying on the Society's commitment to fund the Trust.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £200,000 (held: £200k)

“The trustees aim to maintain £200,000 in unrestricted reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Society provides all support and governance services but makes no charge. It is not practical to quantify the value of these donated services.

“The Society provides all support and governance services but makes no charge. It is not practical to quantify the value of these donated services. On the basis that the value is not likely to be material, a value of nil has been ascribed to the donated services in these accounts.” — page 19

“Sundry Debtors includes £40k (2024: £104k) due from The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Sundry debtors include £40k due from The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.

“The Society provides all support and governance services but makes no charge. It is not practical to quantify the value of these donated services. On the basis that the value is not likely to be material, a value of nil has been ascribed to the donated services in these accounts.” — page 19

“Sundry Debtors includes £40k (2024: £104k) due from The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.6m

Total spending

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£200k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 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 (98% 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

Duncan Henry Rowland Matthews KC
John Milwyn Jarman KC
Mary Prior KC
Master Roger Eastman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.6m	£2.7m
31/12/2024	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/12/2023	£2.4m	£2.3m
31/12/2022	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2021	£2.0m	£2.2m

Common questions

Is HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £200,000 at year-end, meeting the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining £200,000 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees confirmed that the current level of reserves is adequate to support ongoing expenditure, relying on the Society's commitment to fund the Trust. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£28k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST.

THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST income £788k
THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY income £111k
THE GRAY TRUST income £114k
THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND income £304k
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE income £720k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND	£2.6m	—	—	no_policy	—	no doubt
THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST FY2025	£788k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2024	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRAY TRUST FY2024	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND FY2025	£304k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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