JOHN HENDERSON MCGREGOR CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1115739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOHN HENDERSON MEGREGOR CHARITABLE TRUST

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE CHARITIES (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) IN SUCH SHARES IF MORE THAN ONE AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BY GI. IN PRACTICE, 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: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity held free reserves of £8,099 at the end of the period, down from £16,842 the previous year. The accounts state that the charity also holds bank balances of £24,129 and investments valued at £1,099,674 within the expendable endowment fund, which can be released to support activities. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (held: £8k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Limited is a corporate trustee and received £5,467 for trust administration fees.
“Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid £5,467 for trust administration fees during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 3 of the trust deed.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 18/02/2026

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 18/02/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
18/02/2026£47k£64k
18/02/2025£26k£23k
05/04/2024£21k£36k
05/04/2023£20k£34k
05/04/2022£15k£51k

Common questions

Is JOHN HENDERSON MCGREGOR CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity held free reserves of £8,099 at the end of the period, down from £16,842 the previous year. The accounts state that the charity also holds bank balances of £24,129 and investments valued at £1,099,674 within the expendable endowment fund, which can be released to support activities. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JOHN HENDERSON MCGREGOR CHARITABLE TRUST£47k——unclear—no doubt
THE MAURICE HENRY ROE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DUNCREGGAN TRUST FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt
THE MISS J K STIRRUP CHARITY TRUST FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOHN PARKER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS HENRY NORMAN ALLEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt

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