THE NETHERBY TRUST

Registered charity 1092145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £14,991,228 to £14,220,486 due to a net loss of £770,742, primarily driven by an £835,462 decrease in investment value. Despite this loss, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £13,209 and held total assets of £14,220,486, with the trustees confirming sufficient liquid funds to meet obligations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately one year's expenditure (reserves figure: £13k)
“It is the policy of the charity that general funds that have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to approximately one year's expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Williams & Co Chartered Accountants, of whom M Williams is partner.
“The accounts include a charge of £4,980 (2024: £4,194) for the preparation of the accounts by Williams & Co Chartered Accountants, of whom M Williams is partner. There is no charge for his duties as a trustee.” — page 4
“Donations were made to charities where trustees were also involved with other charities or organisations as follows: G J Williams :- Community Foundations for Surrey £404,202 (2024: £80,600)” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations to Community Foundations for Surrey, where trustee G J Williams is involved.
“The accounts include a charge of £4,980 (2024: £4,194) for the preparation of the accounts by Williams & Co Chartered Accountants, of whom M Williams is partner. There is no charge for his duties as a trustee.” — page 4
“Donations were made to charities where trustees were also involved with other charities or organisations as follows: G J Williams :- Community Foundations for Surrey £404,202 (2024: £80,600)” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited. 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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2021 (received 21/02/2022, 16 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£1.1m£1.0m
05/04/2024£916k£568k
05/04/2023£384k£717k
05/04/2022£456k£461k
05/04/2021£2.6m£534k

Common questions

Is THE NETHERBY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £14,991,228 to £14,220,486 due to a net loss of £770,742, primarily driven by an £835,462 decrease in investment value. Despite this loss, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £13,209 and held total assets of £14,220,486, with the trustees confirming sufficient liquid funds to meet obligations for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited.

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
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)1£18k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NETHERBY TRUST£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE THORESBY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£59k—0above—no doubt
TAYLOR NEWTON AND HIBBERT CHARITY FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LINBURY TRUST FY2025£5.7m£110,001 - £120,0001above—no doubt
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt

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