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Flat Iron Trust

Registered charity 1178402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLAT IRON FUND, THE FLAT IRON FUND

The Flat Iron Fund is a grant-making charity.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£594k
Latest spending
£608k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £13,992 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £57,671. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. No reserves policy is currently in place.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Flat Iron Steak Limited (50% of income)
“donated by Flat Iron Steak Limited (‘Flat Iron’) and £296,854” — 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£594k
Total spending
£608k
Reserves (reported)
£58k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£594k£608k
31/08/2024£553k£538k
31/08/2023£298k£274k
31/08/2022£144k£136k
31/08/2021£0£6k

Common questions

Is Flat Iron Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £13,992 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £57,671. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. No reserves policy is currently in place. 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
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£470k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£1.0m
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES1£695k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£496k
THE INDIGO TRUST1£450k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£382k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£145k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Flat Iron Trust£594k—0unclear—no doubt
THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£390k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST FY2024£190k—0unclear—no doubt
Funders Together FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2024£124k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt

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