BAYFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1022473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The dispensing of the Trust's income and capital for such charitable purposes as the Trustees think fit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£292k

Latest spending

£221k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £193,237 in cash and £2,279,888 in investments, totaling £2,472,082 in net assets. The Trustees' policy is not to retain reserves of income, stating that no reserves are required to ensure continued operations due to low overheads. The Trust distributed £99,078 in donations during the year ended 5 April 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations to expendable endowment (73% of income)

“Donations to expendable endowment 171,700” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not to retain reserves of income (held: £193k)

“It is the Trustees’ policy not to retain reserves of income as the Trust's overheads are low and the donations that are made vary according to the level of income generated. As such no reserves of income are required to ensure the Trust's continued operations” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MR TOM BARROW
SIR CHARLES CHRISTIAN NICHOLSON BT
SIR EUAN HAMILTON ANSTRUTHER-GOUGH-CALTHORPE BT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£292k	£221k
05/04/2024	£331k	£296k
05/04/2023	£190k	£280k
05/04/2022	£173k	£273k
05/04/2021	£164k	£46k

Common questions

Is BAYFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £193,237 in cash and £2,279,888 in investments, totaling £2,472,082 in net assets. The Trustees' policy is not to retain reserves of income, stating that no reserves are required to ensure continued operations due to low overheads. The Trust distributed £99,078 in donations during the year ended 5 April 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

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

THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST income £165k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £667k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BAYFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	£292k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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