HUNTINGDON FREEMEN'S TRUST

Registered charity 1044573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUNTINGDON FREEMEN'S CHARITY

This charity provides grants for relief in need, education, recreation and leisure ONLY for current residents of Huntingdon (defined as the Huntingdon Town Council's area). Grants are considered monthly by Trustees in response to applications from individuals directly or from organisations providing relevant services to residents of Huntingdon.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£896k
Latest spending
£556k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is limited to the introductory page of the Independent Auditors' report and does not contain financial data, reserves, or operational details necessary to assess financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by GH Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£896k
Total spending
£556k
Cost of raising funds
£101k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~38.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (61% 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: 11.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£896k£556k
30/04/2024£763k£529k
30/04/2023£560k£628k
30/04/2022£552k£533k
30/04/2021£478k£607k

Common questions

Is HUNTINGDON FREEMEN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is limited to the introductory page of the Independent Auditors' report and does not contain financial data, reserves, or operational details necessary to assess financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by GH Audit Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Boodles Charitable Trust1£20k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HUNTINGDON FREEMEN'S TRUST£896k—0unclear—no doubt
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£823k——unclear—no doubt
Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust FY2025£284k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
BUNGAY MEDICAL CENTRE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) FY2025£241k—0unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt

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