THE THOMAS FREKE AND LADY NORTON CHARITY

Registered charity 1157967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Make grants to organisations or individuals within the area of benefit, which consists solely of the Parish of Hannington and its five surrounding Parishes in the Borough of Swindon.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£290k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total resources expended exceeded total incoming resources by £159,336.86, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £74,216.05 for the year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total reserves of £6,262,990.29, with unrestricted funds of £3,417,500.08. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong and viable condition.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 18.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Costs of generating funds represent 18.70% of investment income” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3.4m; policy: expenditure does not exceed income over a three-year period)

“This target has not been achieved this year but the charity remains in a strong and viable condition.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON CLARE TALBERT
George Arkell
John Scott
Philip John Sapwell · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Lisa Sperti
Spencer Davies

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£131k	£290k
30/06/2024	£128k	£90k
30/06/2023	£127k	£156k
30/06/2022	£283k	£178k
30/06/2021	£106k	£113k

Common questions

Is THE THOMAS FREKE AND LADY NORTON CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total resources expended exceeded total incoming resources by £159,336.86, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £74,216.05 for the year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total reserves of £6,262,990.29, with unrestricted funds of £3,417,500.08. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong and viable condition. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£85k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS income £108k
ST MARY'S CHURCH, CHIPPING NORTON, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £386k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST NICHOLAS, HARPENDEN income £640k
THE RALPH AND IRMA SPERRING CHARITY income £333k
Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities income £1.4m
SOUTH NORMANTON COMMUNITY CHURCH income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE THOMAS FREKE AND LADY NORTON CHARITY	£131k	—	below	18.7%	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S CHURCH, CHIPPING NORTON, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£386k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST NICHOLAS, HARPENDEN FY2024	£640k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RALPH AND IRMA SPERRING CHARITY FY2025	£333k	—	above	—	no doubt
Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	18.7%	no doubt

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