THE TUDOR TRUST

Registered charity 1105580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q111686328

The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making charitable trust. We fund projects across the UK, aiming to support work which addresses the social, emotional and financial needs of people at the margins of Society. We do not focus on specific themes or programmes.

Objects

TO PAY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE CHARITY TO SUCH CHARITABLE ORGANISATION OR ORGANISATIONS OR APPLY THE SAME FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS OR AMOUNTS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£6.8m
Latest spending
£20.1m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15.9 million for the year, funded by investment income and capital withdrawals from its expendable endowment. The unrestricted reserves decreased from £226 million to £210 million, with the Trustees intending to monitor the value in real terms to maintain charitable giving levels. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £140,000 - £149,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer national insurance) during the year between: 2026 £000 £60,000 - £69,999 £70,000 - £79,999 £90,000 - £99,999 £120,000 - £129,999 £140,000 - £149,000 1 2 1 1 1” — page 32
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 6
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer national insurance) during the year between: 2026 £000 £60,000 - £69,999 £70,000 - £79,999 £90,000 - £99,999 £120,000 - £129,999 £140,000 - £149,000 1 2 1 1 1” — page 32
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Saba Shafi (£8,000), Christienna Fryar (£8,000), Derek Bardowell (£20,000)
“Saba Shafi Christienna Fryar Derek Bardowell 2026 Total £000 £ 2025 Total £000 £ 8 8 20 8 8 23” — page 31
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 18
“In 2009, the Board agreed to finance the construction of a new family visitors' centre at HMP Wormwood Scrubs through The Family Centre Trust, a new charitable company. TheTudorTrustisthesolememberof theFamily CentreTrust. AllTrustees ofFCT areappointed bythe TudorTrust. Whenconsidering futureappointments, at least three Ttrustees must be individuals who are neither directors of the Tudor Trust nor employed by the Tudor Trust.” — page 38
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 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 31/03/2026

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£6.8m
Total spending
£19.3m
Cost of raising funds
£779k
Reserves (reported)
£210.1m
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~130.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (65% 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: 11.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Italy · Kenya · Malawi · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · United States · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£6.8m£20.1m
31/03/2025£8.5m£12.5m
31/03/2024£6.0m£18.7m
31/03/2023£5.6m£23.5m
31/03/2022£4.7m£23.2m

Common questions

Is THE TUDOR TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15.9 million for the year, funded by investment income and capital withdrawals from its expendable endowment. The unrestricted reserves decreased from £226 million to £210 million, with the Trustees intending to monitor the value in real terms to maintain charitable giving levels. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE TUDOR TRUST earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £140,000 - £149,000 band, and 6 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE TUDOR TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TUDOR TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHERINE'S, WAKEFIELD.

Known funders

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

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
HAEMOCHROMATOSIS UK1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TUDOR TRUST£6.8m£140,000 - £149,0006unclear—no doubt
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION FY2025£977k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TUDOR PRITCHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ANDOR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DORUS TRUST FY2025£57k——unclear—no doubt
THE TOR TRUST FY2026£27k——below—no doubt

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