THE LITTLE GIDDING TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1105821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Furthering the advancement of religion particularly by pilgrimages to the church at Little Gidding

Objects

TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY PILGRIMAGES TO THE CHURCH AT LITTLE GIDDING

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £25,457 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,476,279. The trustees report that income from investment properties and donations maintained total revenue, allowing for limited grants. The financial position is supported by tangible fixed assets and investments valued at £1.6 million, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05156430

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.

• BONIFACE-ALLEN, Catherine Emily — director, appointed 26/09/2026on trustee list
• CARNE, Thomas Keith, Dr — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Timothy Morris Alban, Revd Canon — director, appointed 23/03/2023on trustee list
• MATHER, Ashley Philippa — director, appointed 17/09/2021on trustee list
• POTT, Simon Francis — director, appointed 25/07/2017on trustee list
• SIMMONDS, John Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 17/07/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Phillipa Mather
• Catherine Emily Boniface-Allen
• Dr John Christopher Simmonds
• Dr THOMAS KEITH CARNE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Canon Timothy Morris Alban Jones · trustee of 3 other charities
• Simon Francis POTT · trustee of 12 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE GIVING.

• LITTLE GIVING income £650k
• CHILTERN CHRISTIAN TRUST income £33k
• THE LITTLEGATE TRUST income £261k
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL income £214k
• GUIDING LIGHT FOUNDATION income £65k
• THE PILLING TRUST FUND income £351k

Side by side with its peers

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