THE GRETNA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1020533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND OBJECTS WHICH ARE FROM TIME TO TIME RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the trust operates on a receipts and payments basis with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £115,253. The investment portfolio value rose to £3,012,186, and the trustees aim to fully expend income rather than accumulate reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: fully expend the income for the year and not accumulate income reserves (held: £115k)
“The aim of the trustees is to fully expend the income for the year and not accumulate income reserves.” — page 2
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£78k£98k
05/04/2025£80k£95k
05/04/2024£80k£79k
05/04/2023£80k£95k
05/04/2022£82k£86k

Common questions

Is THE GRETNA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the trust operates on a receipts and payments basis with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £115,253. The investment portfolio value rose to £3,012,186, and the trustees aim to fully expend income rather than accumulate reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.