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ADDINGTON FUND

Registered charity 1097092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARC-ADDINGTON FUND, THE ARC ADDINGTON FUND

The charity's objects are the promotion of for the public benefit of rural regeneration in areas of social or economic deprivation, in particular by a) the relief of poverty and b) the provision of housing for those who are in need provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authority or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing

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Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£613k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £18,880,768, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £4,036,139 for the year, driven largely by legacy income and investment gains, resulting in a strong balance sheet exceeding £20 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments in the band of £80,000 to £90,000.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“One employee received emoluments in the band of £70,000 to £80,000. One employee received emoluments in the band of £80,000 to £90,000.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £18.9m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain a General Reserve of unrestricted funds of £100,000” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Luckmans Duckett Parker Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

40 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (39 freehold); recorded price paid £6.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£613k
Cost of raising funds
£53k
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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
31/03/2025£4.3m£613k
31/03/2024£1.1m£700k
31/03/2023£1.8m£648k
31/03/2022£677k£507k
31/03/2021£854k£469k

Common questions

Is ADDINGTON FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £18,880,768, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £4,036,139 for the year, driven largely by legacy income and investment gains, resulting in a strong balance sheet exceeding £20 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Luckmans Duckett Parker Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ADDINGTON FUND earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 - £90,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ADDINGTON FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ADDINGTON FUND as a grant recipient include THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST, DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£120k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£80k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£75k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£65k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£45k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£30k
THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30kTo provide relief from hardship in the Agricultural sector
THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30kTo provide homes for farming families
THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£25kTo provide homes for farming families
THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kDiscretionary Grants
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8kGrants to institutions for relief of poverty
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2022£5k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2025£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£3k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kGrants to institutions for relief of poverty
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2023£2k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2kGrants to institutions for relief of poverty
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kGrants to institutions for relief of poverty
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2024£1kMiscellaneous
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2022£1kMiscellaneous
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£1kMiscellaneous
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£1kMiscellaneous
EDENBRIDGE AND OXTED AGRICULTURAL SHOWFY2022£500
EDENBRIDGE AND OXTED AGRICULTURAL SHOWFY2023£500
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONFY2024£250
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONFY2025£250
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONFY2023£200
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0Discretionary Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2009£7kArc-Addington Fund Strategic Rural Housing Scheme

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
Point North Community Foundation1£882k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION1£100k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£66k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ADDINGTON FUND£4.3m£80,000 - £90,0002unclear—no doubt
BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£3.2m—3above—no doubt
CASE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£581k—0unclear—no doubt

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