THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1121739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£3.7m

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £56,091,896, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet all designated funding commitments and cover annual administrative costs. The charity reports no debt and confirms adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: John Flynn received £20,000 in lieu of lost income.

“John Flynn received £20,000 (2023: £23,000) from the charity in lieu of lost income for his time spent on work for the charity during the year” — page 21

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£3.7m

Cost of raising funds

£211k

Reserves (reported)

£59.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~190.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 17.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Ballinger
Diana Ballinger
JOHN FLYNN · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Crowther

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Redcar And Cleveland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.2m	£3.7m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£3.7m
31/12/2022	£21.0m	£2.0m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.7m
31/12/2020	£2.2m	£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £56,091,896, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet all designated funding commitments and cover annual administrative costs. The charity reports no debt and confirms adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2022	£400k	County Durham Direct Delivery Youth Partnership
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/12/2021	£400k	Northumberland Direct Delivery Youth Partnership

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.0m
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED income £658k
NATIONAL NUMERACY income £2.2m
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO income £1.7m
BNJC income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£658k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	0	above	29.3%	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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