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ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1085811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M&R CHARITY TRUST

The charity continues to receive income from its investment property and also collects donations to further its objects.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£398k
Latest spending
£352k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £116,925, with free reserves (net current assets) of £8,172. The trustees consider this reserve level acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity reported a net gain of £92,265 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Newmarston Ltd, a company where trustee R Halpern is a director, made charitable donations of £228,360 to the charity during the year.
“R Halpern, trustee of English Holdings Charitable trust, is also a director of Newmarston Ltd. During the year Newmarston Ltd made charitable donations of £228,360.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Bextor Estates Ltd
“The charity owns the shares of Bextor Estates Ltd, a non charitable property investment company incorporated in England and Wales.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

BEXTOR ESTATES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Unpaid share capital of £1 noted.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£627k
Reserves (reported)
£20k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (46% 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: 39.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bury · Israel · Salford City · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£398k£352k
31/03/2024£231k£184k
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.3m
31/03/2022£2.0m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.5m

Common questions

Is ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £116,925, with free reserves (net current assets) of £8,172. The trustees consider this reserve level acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity reported a net gain of £92,265 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASHKELON FOUNDATION1£438k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED1£92k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£17k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
KTRUST LIMITED1£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST£398k—0unclear—no doubt
ABN TRUST FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025£334k—0above—no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025£220k—0above—no doubt

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