THE FIFTH TRUST
Registered charity 1136718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The support of adults with learning difficulties and in particular the Trust provides training and employment at two day centres in East Kent.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £160,110 for the year, with total revenues increasing to £2.46m. The Trustees maintain unrestricted cash reserves of £851,031, which exceeds their stated policy target of £460,000. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2024 - Nil)” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fifth Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PENNY, Jonathan Charles — director, appointed 08/07/2025on trustee list
- BLADES, Kevin Nicholas — director, appointed 08/07/2025on trustee list
- DAS, Biswatosh — director, appointed 19/03/2024on trustee list
- EVANS, Ceridwen Ana — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
- WILLACY, Josephine Kay — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
- STEWART, Charles Malcolm, Dr — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
- MARLEY, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 01/12/2020not on trustee list
- O'BRIEN, Suzanne — director, appointed 03/11/2018on trustee list
- OLIVER, David John, Professor — director, appointed 15/06/2018on trustee list
- GANNAWAY, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 15/06/2018on trustee list
- HOPE, Neil — director, appointed 13/04/2018on trustee list
- OWEN-CONWAY, Gareth — secretary, appointed 31/05/2022
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Biswatosh Das
- Ceridwen Ana Evans
- Dr Charles Malcolm Stewart
- Dr DAVID JOHN OLIVER
- Jonathan Charles Penny
- Josephine Kay Willacy
- Kevin Blades
- MR Neil Hope · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Andrew Gannaway
- Suzanne O'Brien · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE FIFTH TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £160,110 for the year, with total revenues increasing to £2.46m. The Trustees maintain unrestricted cash reserves of £851,031, which exceeds their stated policy target of £460,000. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.
Who funds THE FIFTH TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FIFTH TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION, THE W H AND A HAWKINS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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