GIRTON TOWN CHARITY

Registered charity 1130272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Town Charity maintains 28 almshouses in the village of Girton Cambridgeshire. It also provides assistance for the relief of need and makes grants for charitable purposes for individuals in Girton and organisations serving the needs of villagers.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £41.9 million, with unrestricted funds of £5.28 million and a general reserve of £1.82 million. The charity relies on investment income to finance its activities, reporting a net gain on investments of £124,000 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £532k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~20.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (78% 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: 12.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mrs ANN BONNETTchair
• Andrew David Clare
• Andrew Muston
• Colin Carr
• Gillian Roberta Cockley
• Janet Rachel Allchorne
• Lynn Henderson
• Marc Alain Bermann
• Ms Patsy Smith

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE.

• UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
• WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
• THE GREAT SHELFORD VILLAGE CHARITY income £446k
• LITTLEPORT TOWN LANDS CHARITY income £162k
• THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY income £1.5m
• THE ODIHAM CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES income £432k

Side by side with its peers

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