THE COLN TRUST

Registered charity 1064619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant Making Trust

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN MANNER HEREINAFTER APPEARING

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £40,967, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £8,000 - £17,000. The charity reported a net receipt for the year and holds total net assets of £774,034, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted expenditure which equates to £8,000 - £17,000 (reserves figure: £41k)

“The charity aims to hold free reserves between three to six months of unrestricted expenditure which equates to £8,000 - £17,000.” — page 5

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Frances Rowe White
Clive Jocelyn Rowe
GILLIAN MARY ROWE
Rebecca Elisabeth Shepherd

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£27k	£34k
30/09/2024	£28k	£26k
30/09/2023	£26k	£28k
30/09/2022	£28k	£28k
30/09/2021	£25k	£22k

Common questions

Is THE COLN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £40,967, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £8,000 - £17,000. The charity reported a net receipt for the year and holds total net assets of £774,034, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties noted. 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
VENDQUOT LIMITED	1	£6k
ABG TRUST FUND	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.4m
THE FORT TRUST income £29k
THE CORNELIUS TRUST income £38k
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £139k
NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.0m
NORMALYN CHARITABLE TRUST income £36k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COLN TRUST	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FORT TRUST FY2026	£29k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CORNELIUS TRUST FY2026	£38k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	no doubt
NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	above	—	no doubt

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