THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY

Registered charity 1124777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GEOFFREY SERTH CHARITABLE TRUST

General charitable purposes with preference for those in the field of veterinary education, study and research.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£336k

Latest spending

£434k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £10,863,994, with free reserves of £176,624. The trustees' reserves policy target is £200,000, meaning the current free reserves are below the stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £200,000 (held: £177k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the need for reserves and have concluded that reserves of £200,000 should be maintained.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Ian Stevens
Timothy John Hamilton West

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£336k	£434k
31/12/2024	£332k	£512k
31/12/2023	£345k	£406k
31/12/2022	£353k	£348k
31/12/2021	£335k	£589k

Common questions

Is THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £10,863,994, with free reserves of £176,624. The trustees' reserves policy target is £200,000, meaning the current free reserves are below the stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire 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
GATESHEAD KEHILLA KOLLEL LTD	1	£243k
M O CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
CHELSEA ACADEMY FOUNDATION	1	£5k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY.

GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY income £200k
THE BELFORTE TRUST income £329k
The Serendipity Foundation Limited income £101k
REDGATE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £378k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.2m
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £250k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY	£336k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY FY2025	£200k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE BELFORTE TRUST FY2024	£329k	—	below	—	no doubt
The Serendipity Foundation Limited FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REDGATE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025	£378k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt

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