DAVID AND JULIA HUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1088962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We make grants worldwide to charities and charitable objects. Please note that we only rarely make grants in response to unsolicited appeals.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT OR OBJECTS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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.

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Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£210k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £699,039 and made payments of £484,445, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The trustees aim to make grants amounting to 10% of the capital of the fund annually and do not anticipate accumulating income over the long term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment sales
“Proceeds on investment sales 669,220” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 10% of the capital of the fund (held: £257k)
“The Trustees aim to make grants each year amounting to 10% of the capital of the fund. The Trustees therefore do not anticipate that the income will be accumulated over the long term” — page 6
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£30k£210k
05/04/2024£31k£202k
05/04/2023£44k£196k
05/04/2022£30k£234k
05/04/2021£19k£242k

Common questions

Is DAVID AND JULIA HUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £699,039 and made payments of £484,445, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The trustees aim to make grants amounting to 10% of the capital of the fund annually and do not anticipate accumulating income over the long term. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.