GREEN MAN TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1156453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREEN MAN TRUST

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHOWCASING, TRAINING AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY FOR NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS. SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED AND VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES WE SUPPORT LOCAL WELSH COMMUNITY PROJECTS.WE ENSURE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF ANY GRANT FUNDING ARE MONITORED AND EVALUATED AND REPORTED ON ACCORDINGLY.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE WORK OF CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT FALL WITHIN THE DESCRIPTIONS OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SECTION 3 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 IN PARTICULAR:• THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY • THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION • THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE • THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE[NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£655k
Latest spending
£610k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £92,638 at the end of the year, which is above its stated policy target of holding sufficient reserves to cover salaries and operational costs equivalent to at least £50,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £50,000 (reserves figure: £93k)
“The charity reserves policy is to hold sufficient reserves to cover salaries and operational costs equivalent to at least £50,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenses incurred from Plantpot Limited
“During the year there were expenses incurred from Plantpot Limited of £567 (2024:£150). At the year end £3,139 (2024:£13,053) was due from Plantpot Limited. Plantpot Limited is connected by a trustee of Green Man Trust Limited who is the ultimate controlling party of Plantpot Limited.” — page 36
“During the year donations of £44,119 (2024: £42,929) were received from Plantpot Limited, as well as donated tickets worth £273,787 (2024: £162,970), who is connected by a trustee of Green Man Trust Limited who is the ultimate controlling part of Plantpot Limited.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from Plantpot Limited
“During the year there were expenses incurred from Plantpot Limited of £567 (2024:£150). At the year end £3,139 (2024:£13,053) was due from Plantpot Limited. Plantpot Limited is connected by a trustee of Green Man Trust Limited who is the ultimate controlling party of Plantpot Limited.” — page 36
“During the year donations of £44,119 (2024: £42,929) were received from Plantpot Limited, as well as donated tickets worth £273,787 (2024: £162,970), who is connected by a trustee of Green Man Trust Limited who is the ultimate controlling part of Plantpot Limited.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £4,317 — grants £4,317 (2); under 1% of the £654,548 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£655k
Total spending
£610k
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reserves (reported)
£93k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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
31/12/2025£655k£610k
31/12/2024£481k£553k
31/12/2023£275k£363k
31/12/2022£225k£281k
31/12/2021£347k£127k

Common questions

Is GREEN MAN TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £92,638 at the end of the year, which is above its stated policy target of holding sufficient reserves to cover salaries and operational costs equivalent to at least £50,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GREEN MAN TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREEN MAN TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST, The Ashley Family Foundation, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12kVisual Arts Programme in 2024
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£6k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2026£3k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2021Unverified read£2kSingle Grant
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2021Unverified read£2kSingle Grant
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2022amount not stated
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2022amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2026£16kGreen Man Global - Refugee Integration Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2025£9kGreen Man Trust - Refugee Integration Project
UK government07/02/2024£27kSupporting Grassroots Live Music Fund

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Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREEN BRITAIN FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREEN MAN TRUST LTD£655k—0unclear—no doubt
GREEN BRITAIN FOUNDATION FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
GREATGREEN LIMITED FY2025£657k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GREEN ROOM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
MANKIND WELFARE TRUST FY2025£921k—0below—no doubt
GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER FY2025£8.0m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.