Boodles Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1077748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BOODLE & DUNTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST

Provides donations to organisations helping young individuals

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£872k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £5,165,220 at the year-end, which the trustees assess is sufficient to cover grant-making and administration costs for approximately five years. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £160,563 for the year, supported by investment income and donations, while expenditure on charitable activities amounted to £872,067.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (87% of income)

“investment income and donations recognised for the year amounted to £1,249,561”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover grant making and management and administration costs and which allows the Trust to be managed efficiently (held: £5.2m)

“It is the policy of the Trust to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves at a level which is sufficient to cover grant making and management and administration costs and which allows the Trust to be managed efficiently.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Boodle & Dunthorne Limited

“Voluntary income of £1,082,500 (2024: £1,000,000}) was received from Boodle & Dunthorne Limited, a company in which the Trustees are Directors.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£872k

Reserves (reported)

£5.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~71.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Wainwright
James Amos
Jonathan Wainwright
Kirstie Wainwright
MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT
NICHOLAS WAINWRIGHT

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£1.2m	£872k
05/04/2024	£1.3m	£713k
05/04/2023	£2.5m	£488k
05/04/2022	£1.5m	£400k
05/04/2021	£120k	£281k

Common questions

Is Boodles Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £5,165,220 at the year-end, which the trustees assess is sufficient to cover grant-making and administration costs for approximately five years. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £160,563 for the year, supported by investment income and donations, while expenditure on charitable activities amounted to £872,067. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KUSZER TZEDAKAH.

KUSZER TZEDAKAH income £141k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k
THE BORZELLO TRUST income £350k
THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
the Shoftim Charitable Trust income £546k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Boodles Charitable Trust	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KUSZER TZEDAKAH FY2025	£141k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BORZELLO TRUST FY2025	£350k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£1.5m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	0	above	29.3%	no doubt

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