TRINITY BUOY WHARF TRUST

Registered charity 1081760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Company's objects are for the benfit of any charitable purpose which promotes the arts and the education of the public in the arts in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and surrounding Boroughs as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

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Latest income

£430k

Latest spending

£375k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus income of £54,877 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total funds to £237,021. The trustees confirm that cash reserves adequately cover all approved grants and that sufficient funds are expected to be generated to meet liabilities as they fall due. The charity holds no free reserves, with all funds designated for specific purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The level of free reserves at the end of the year under review total of ENil (2024: ENil), however the trust has €237,021 of funds designated (2024: E 182,144), which can be undesignated if the need arises to ensure grant commitments can be met.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03466597

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

SMITH, Phillip Martin — director, appointed 07/09/2023on trustee list
RICHARDS, David — director, appointed 09/05/2023on trustee list
BRICKELL, Paul Martin, Dr — director, appointed 14/01/2014on trustee list
SORENSEN, Kenneth Eric Correll — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
O'REILLY, Sara Alexandra — director, appointed 15/04/2009on trustee list
COE, Jennifer Catherine — director, appointed 12/11/2004on trustee list
JONES, Denise — director, appointed 10/03/1998on trustee list
GOUGH, Piers William — director, appointed 10/03/1998not on trustee list
GRANT, Cynthia Jamela Rosemary — director, appointed 17/11/1997on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

KENNETH ERIC CORRELL SORENSENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
CYNTHIA JAMELA ROSEMARY GRANT
DENISE JONES · trustee of 3 other charities
David Richards
JENNIFER CATHERINE COE
PAUL MARTIN BRICKELL · trustee of 1 other charity
PIERS GOUGH CBE RA
Phillip Martin Smith
SARA ALEXANDRA O'REILLY

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

Operates in: City Of London · Greenwich · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£430k	£375k
31/12/2024	£372k	£375k
31/12/2023	£328k	£253k
31/12/2022	£307k	£431k
31/12/2021	£339k	£474k

Common questions

Is TRINITY BUOY WHARF TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus income of £54,877 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total funds to £237,021. The trustees confirm that cash reserves adequately cover all approved grants and that sufficient funds are expected to be generated to meet liabilities as they fall due. The charity holds no free reserves, with all funds designated for specific purposes. 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
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£132k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£90k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£70k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£35k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	1	£10k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	1	£4k
THE ANCHOR SOCIETY CIO	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE income £189k
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST income £127k
TRINITY CHURCH WEST LONDON income £200k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH income £1.7m
THE FLORENCE TRUST LTD income £108k
THE ARK MISSION AT TRINITY LIMITED income £165k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRINITY BUOY WHARF TRUST	£430k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FY2024	£189k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£127k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH WEST LONDON FY2025	£200k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FLORENCE TRUST LTD FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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