THE BOLTINI TRUST

Registered charity 1123129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust supports deserving charitable causes that the Trustees think are doing particularly worthwhile activities generally but not exclusively located within the home counties of England with particular focus on Surrey and West Sussex. The Trust also supports the arts through funding musical organisations particularly those with an involvement in contempory music.

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Latest income

£669k

Latest spending

£631k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £255,516, which the trustees consider adequate to cover forecast operating costs given the absence of employee or property expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a net gain of £38,078 before investment gains, supported by investment income of £666,137 and grants paid of £621,495. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (100% of income)

“Investment Income was £666,137 (2024: £536,540) and donations were £2,808 (2024: £272).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least equates to forecast operating cost (held: £256k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level that at least equates to forecast operating cost (although these are low as the Trust has no employee or property costs).” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£669k

Total spending

£631k

Reserves (reported)

£256k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY JOHN BOLTON
BENJAMIN ALEXANDER BOLTON
EMMA LOUISE LAMONT
Fiona Elizabeth Millward Bolton
James David Hamilton Lamont
OLIVER JAMES BOLTON
Phoebe Eleanor Jewell Bolton
SARAH CLARE BOLTON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£669k	£631k
31/03/2024	£537k	£633k
31/03/2023	£729k	£615k
31/03/2022	£587k	£579k
31/03/2021	£471k	£388k

Common questions

Is THE BOLTINI TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £255,516, which the trustees consider adequate to cover forecast operating costs given the absence of employee or property expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a net gain of £38,078 before investment gains, supported by investment income of £666,137 and grants paid of £621,495. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

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
SUICIDE & CO	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST FAITH'S TRUST.

ST FAITH'S TRUST income £218k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.3m
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST income £780k
A H BOULTON TRUST income £125k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £443k
THE PG & NJ BOULTON TRUST LIMITED income £202k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BOLTINI TRUST	£669k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST FAITH'S TRUST FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£780k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
A H BOULTON TRUST FY2025	£125k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£443k	—	above	—	no doubt

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