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BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1045927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A grant making Trust wholly funded by Boots UK Ltd. The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care.Currently the Trust focuses its giving in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£553k
Latest spending
£536k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust is wholly funded by Boots UK Limited, receiving £500,000 in donations and donated services during the year. The Trust reported unrestricted reserves of £56,476 at year-end, a figure the Trustees intend to donate post-year-end to return reserves to nil, consistent with their stated policy of not holding surplus reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Boots UK Limited (100% of income)
“Boots Charitable Trust is an independent registered charity wholly funded by Boots UK Limited.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: not to hold surplus reserves (held: £56k)
“It is the policy of the Trust not to hold surplus reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£553k
Total spending
£536k
Reserves (reported)
£56k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£553k£536k
31/08/2024£491k£451k
31/08/2023£271k£271k
31/08/2022£266k£266k
31/08/2021£267k£267k

Common questions

Is BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust is wholly funded by Boots UK Limited, receiving £500,000 in donations and donated services during the year. The Trust reported unrestricted reserves of £56,476 at year-end, a figure the Trustees intend to donate post-year-end to return reserves to nil, consistent with their stated policy of not holding surplus reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deloitte 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£777k
THE WOODLAND TRUST1£78k
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1£55k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust1£48k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£30k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
YEMEN RELIEF (UK) LTD1£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST£553k—0above—no doubt
THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£1.5m—1unclear—no doubt
Boodles Charitable Trust FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£334k—0above—no doubt
CHARITIES TRUST FY2025£74.4m——above—no doubt
SRI SATHYA SAI CHARITABLE TRUST UK FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt

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