THE HENFREY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1161495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust supports a wide range of charitable and voluntary organisations with an emphasis on educational and cultural activities of all kinds but especially those based in North East England.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO CHARITIES REGISTERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted funds of £494,220 at the end of the year. The trustees have adopted a long-term 'spend down' strategy with the aim of liquidating the bulk of the assets over a 42-to-15-year period. The charity made grants totalling £60,900 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Pennie
• MR A W HENFREY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR J P RADGICK · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR J S R SWANSON

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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