THE VENIK TRUST

Registered charity 1063185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing assistance to children and adults in need.

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

Latest income

£938k

Latest spending

£920k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,576,721 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £2,484,736. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material debt reported. The charity generated total income of £938,401, primarily from donations and investment returns, while charitable expenditure totaled £920,119.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income

£938k

Total spending

£920k

Reserves (reported)

£2.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~33.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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

RODNEY GUY SEDDONchair
Charlotte d'Auvergne Venter
Dr Claudia Loreto Seddon
Dr Valeria Carmen Munoz Lorenzo
Harriet-May Joanna Saddington
VALERIE SEDDON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Chile · Italy · Throughout England · Ukraine

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£938k	£920k
30/11/2024	£173k	£60k
30/11/2023	£145k	£101k
30/11/2022	£93k	£188k
30/11/2021	£115k	£113k

Common questions

Is THE VENIK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,576,721 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £2,484,736. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material debt reported. The charity generated total income of £938,401, primarily from donations and investment returns, while charitable expenditure totaled £920,119. 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
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£92k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£17k
KTRUST LIMITED	1	£12k
BEIS KOSOV	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST income £70k
As-Siraj Trust income £807k
OUR KIDS income £19.3m
T & S TRUST FUND income £334k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND income £220k
THE VINEHILL TRUST income £14.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE VENIK TRUST	£938k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£70k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025	£807k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OUR KIDS FY2024	£19.3m	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025	£334k	—	above	—	no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025	£220k	—	above	—	no doubt

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