THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1155643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objects of the charity are to provide grants for charitable purposes mainly, but not exclusively, in the following areas:-Agricultural charitiesDisadvantaged people charitiesEducational charitiesFenland charities, especially those connected with Wisbech

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fenland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £13,713,214 at the year end, which the trustees describe as all held as unrestricted funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £475,323 for the year, primarily driven by charitable grants of £844,600 against investment income of £509,222. The trustees acknowledge long-term funding uncertainty from the principal donor but remain satisfied with the charity's financial position and ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wheelers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~194.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ANTONY HUTCHINSON MA, ACAchair
• Michael Leslie Hutchinson · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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