THE ROUGHAM ESTATE TRUST
Registered charity 1155315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RET
PROMOTING LOCAL HISTORY, CONSERVATION AND MUSICAL EDUCATION
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · 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 reserves of £14,634,735, with a free unrestricted reserve of £1,180,420. The trustees consider this level of free reserves acceptable given the low core costs and the ability to control grant funding. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: one year’s worth of core expenditure (held: £1.2m)
“The target level of free reserves is one year’s worth of core expenditure, which is considered to be low given that the Trust has relatively few overheads and can control the level of grant funding which is awarded.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
- GEORGE AGNEWchair · trustee of 2 other charities
- ADRIAN WHITE
- ALLAN GOULD
- CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS
- DESMOND ASTLEY-COOPER MA OXON
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ROUGHAM ESTATE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £14,634,735, with a free unrestricted reserve of £1,180,420. The trustees consider this level of free reserves acceptable given the low core costs and the ability to control grant funding. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.
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