THE NINESQUARE TRUST

Registered charity 1110605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NINESQUARE CHARITABLE TRUST

Grant-making charitable trust.

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

Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£516k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £18,886,262, driven by significant investment gains and deferred land sale proceeds. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £17,099,254, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet anticipated expenditure and grant commitments. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet anticipated expenditure over the following 12 months and any grant commitments beyond that timescale (held: £17.1m)

“The trustees maintain sufficient reserves to meet anticipated expenditure over the following 12 months and any grant commitments beyond that timescale (in total budgeted to be less than £1 million).” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Somerset International Festival of the Arts

“During the year a grant of £12,000 was made to Somerset International Festival of the Arts (2024: £5,000). John Turbervill is a Trustee of that charity, and of The Ninesquare Trust. There were no outstanding payments at the year end.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Combe Hill Wood (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

BEN TRICKEY
John Turbervill · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Esther Clothier
PETER FRANCIS CLOTHIER
Sebastian William Edwards

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£223k	£516k
31/08/2024	£100k	£320k
31/08/2023	£15k	£49k
31/08/2022	£32k	£20k
31/08/2021	£21k	£7k

Common questions

Is THE NINESQUARE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £18,886,262, driven by significant investment gains and deferred land sale proceeds. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £17,099,254, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet anticipated expenditure and grant commitments. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NINESQUARE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NINESQUARE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£25.0m
CURE LEUKAEMIA	1	£131k
DOGS FOR AUTISM	1	£6k

Charities like this

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

THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST income £4.4m
THE THEODORE MAXXY CHARITABLE TRUST income £854k
NINMAH TRUST income £1.3m
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY income £6.0m
THE INDIGO TRUST income £3.5m
THE CATHARINE MARY SCOTT-SMITH WILL TRUST income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	£223k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST FY2025	£4.4m	in excess of £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THEODORE MAXXY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£854k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NINMAH TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY FY2025	£6.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INDIGO TRUST FY2025	£3.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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