THE BARHAM CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1129728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Objects

1 TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.2 THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME AND, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN DOING SO MAY MAKE GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS, FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS, INDIVIDUALS AND UNDERTAKINGS, AT SUCH TIME, IN SUCH MANNER AND OF SUCH AMOUNT AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£89k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £2,740 at the end of the reporting period, with additional bank balances of £10,914 and investments valued at £89,327 within the expendable endowment fund. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not properly prepared.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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: £3k)
“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 FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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
31/03/2025£89k£90k
31/03/2024£6k£48k
31/03/2023£9k£87k
31/03/2022£59k£59k
31/03/2021£74k£80k

Common questions

Is THE BARHAM CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £2,740 at the end of the reporting period, with additional bank balances of £10,914 and investments valued at £89,327 within the expendable endowment fund. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not properly prepared. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.