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THE EQUINOXE TRUST

Registered charity 1173473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants for the advancement of education for the benefit of the public.

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Latest income
£785k
Latest spending
£208k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £267,836 at the end of the year, a significant improvement from the negative balance of £325,759 in the previous year. The charity reported total income of £784,937 and total expenditure of £208,350, resulting in a net movement in funds of £593,595. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern and plans to build reserves through regular donations from the settlor.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee Mr Kurt Björklund donated £714,292 to the charity.
“During the year, the trustee, Mr Kurt Björklund, donated £714,292 (2024: £572,219) to the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£785k
Total spending
£208k
Reserves (reported)
£268k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top 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: 0.0% 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: Finland · France · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£785k£208k
31/05/2024£879k£58k
31/05/2023£2.6m£4.2m
31/05/2022£762k£495k
31/05/2021£1.0m£656k

Common questions

Is THE EQUINOXE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £267,836 at the end of the year, a significant improvement from the negative balance of £325,759 in the previous year. The charity reported total income of £784,937 and total expenditure of £208,350, resulting in a net movement in funds of £593,595. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern and plans to build reserves through regular donations from the settlor. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SWIRE 27651£737k
BACON FOUNDATION LTD1£60k
THE ORP FOUNDATION1£10k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION1£10k
SAMJO LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE EQUINOXE TRUST£785k—0unclear—no doubt
EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST FY2024£367k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EQUILIBRIUM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£192k—0above—no doubt
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED FY2024£725k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—noted
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt

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