THE TURNEY TRUST

Registered charity 1097415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Accommodation/Housing

Objects

1) TO APPLY ALL OR PART OF THE INCOME THEREOF AND/PR ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TURNEY TRUST AS THEY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR NEEDY PERSONS IN PARTICULAR AND IN PRIORITY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF REED OR THERFIELD FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS WITH PREFERENCE FOR REED PARISHIONERS AND ANY OF MY EX-EMPLOYEES.2) TO APPLY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE INCOME OF THE TRUST AND UP TO 25% OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST IF ANY TO ALL OR ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE CHARITIES HEREAFTER LISTED AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT:A)THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT FUND OF SHAW HOUSE, 27 WEST WAY, OXFORD OX2 0QHB) LETCHWORTH GARDEN HOSPICEC) THE TURNEY VILLAGE TRUSTD) THE ROYSTON BRANCH OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCEE) THE ROYSTON BRANCH OF THE RED CROSS

Area of benefit: REED,THERFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £785,234.18, which the trustees consider adequate to fund improvement projects and develop retained land. The charity reported a net income deficit of £4,485.94 for the year, primarily driven by property expenses exceeding property income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Adequate reserves to: Fund improvement projects possibly develop retained land (reserves figure: £785k)
“Adequate reserves to: Fund improvement projects possibly develop retained land”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 12/05/2026, 96 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 26/03/2025, 49 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 20/08/2024, 197 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 15/05/2023, 99 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 18/05/2022, 102 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£79k£98k
05/04/2024£83k£87k
05/04/2023£98k£101k
05/04/2022£84k£59k
05/04/2021£82k£41k

Common questions

Is THE TURNEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £785,234.18, which the trustees consider adequate to fund improvement projects and develop retained land. The charity reported a net income deficit of £4,485.94 for the year, primarily driven by property expenses exceeding property income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
FILEY FOUNDATION LTD1£330k
SWANSEA C V S1£115k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST1£94k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TURNEY TRUST£79k—0above—no doubt
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£231k—0above29.3%no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THORNE LODGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
R S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£227k—0unclear—no doubt

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