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BAMPTON TRUST

Registered charity 1061444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity offers affordable rented accommodation in the local area of Bampton and Bampton Grange near Penrith in Cumbria. We also offer grants towards educational needs such as equipment , clothing, Duke of Edinburgh awards, educational trips, community projects and hardship funding.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFITING IN ANY MANNER THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE LOWTHER RIVER NEAR PENRITH IN CUMBRIA

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

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

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £103,922 against total income of £137,125, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,093,823. The trustees note that free reserves stood at £239,133 and that the bulk of assets are held as investment properties. The filing confirms the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: set aside 10% of the gross rental income for such purposes (held: £239k)
“The trustees are conscious of the need to maintain funds for future expenditure on their properties and have decided to set aside 10% of the gross rental income for such purposes.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£137k£33k
31/12/2024£33k£20k
31/12/2023£28k£38k
31/12/2022£29k£28k
31/12/2021£29k£33k

Common questions

Is BAMPTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £103,922 against total income of £137,125, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,093,823. The trustees note that free reserves stood at £239,133 and that the bulk of assets are held as investment properties. The filing confirms the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.