THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST

Registered charity 1180640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£10.8m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £5,196,005 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds to £46,870,107. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in the process of spending down its assets to close by January 2029, having restructured its investment portfolio to significantly reduce risk. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves sufficient to meet grant-making commitments and the planned closure.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to allow the charity to continue its intended grant making strategy and meet any commitments throughout the period to 2029 and the closure of the Trust (held: £46.9m)
The Trustees consider that the current level of free reserves is sufficient to allow the charity to continue its intended grant making strategy and meet any commitments throughout the period to 2029 and the closure of the Trust. — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£10.8m
Reserves (reported)
£38.0m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~42.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£1.5m£10.8m
05/04/2024£1.5m£7.9m
05/04/2023£1.1m£7.8m
05/04/2022£901k£6.4m
05/04/2021£1.4m£4.8m

Common questions

Is THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £5,196,005 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds to £46,870,107. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in the process of spending down its assets to close by January 2029, having restructured its investment portfolio to significantly reduce risk. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves sufficient to meet grant-making commitments and the planned closure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Who funds THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST as a grant recipient include MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLY, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHERINE'S, WAKEFIELD.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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