ST JUST AND DISTRICT TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1168852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust owns and operates The Knut, a heritage centre next to the Plen an Gwari, one of two surviving Cornish medieval amphitheatres. As well as housing a backstage and archive facility for its performances of the historic Ordinalia Cornish Mystery plays, the Knut is an asset for the community of St Just, hosting workshops, talks, seminars, performances, and creative and collaborative events.

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Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£6k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported surpluses across its main activities, with the St Just Ordinalia project generating a £18,311 surplus and The Knut generating a £535.62 surplus. However, the filing notes that the Trust was unsuccessful in two major grant applications for £125,000 and £96,000, and highlights maintenance issues with the Garage Store due to damp.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The bank balance for the Trust started the accounting year at £3559 and ended at £3920” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Barnett
Christopher John Lethbridge
Isobel Robyn Bloomfield
MARY ANN BLOOMFIELD
Rita Nield

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£26k	£6k
31/10/2024	£13k	£13k
31/10/2023	£3k	£3k
31/10/2022	£24k	£33k
31/10/2021	£251k	£208k

Common questions

Is ST JUST AND DISTRICT TRUST CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported surpluses across its main activities, with the St Just Ordinalia project generating a £18,311 surplus and The Knut generating a £535.62 surplus. However, the filing notes that the Trust was unsuccessful in two major grant applications for £125,000 and £96,000, and highlights maintenance issues with the Garage Store due to damp. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/04/2021	£15k	"St Just Ordinalia 2021"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/07/2006	£759	"St Just And District Trust Is A Registered Charity Whose Aims Are To Educate The Public In The Geography, History And Architecture Of The Ar"