THE PARGITER TRUST

Registered charity 1157779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants in England and Guernsey to enable disadvantaged older people to be independent, healthy and socially included.To work collaboratively to find innovative ways to help disadvantaged older people to be independent, healthy and socially included.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £14,460,457, with free unrestricted reserves of £297,317. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to meet one year's governance costs and cover pending grants, noting that the designated capital fund of £8,080,000 is retained for income generation in line with the founder's wishes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by A C Mole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Suffolk Community Foundation: Pargiter Trust Fund (UK) www2.fundsforngos.org · 12/12/2021

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (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: 29.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS S C GARDINERchair
• Ella Gardiner
• MARTYN MOGFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mike Starkey
• Paul Metcalfe
• VICTORIA WESTHORP

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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