THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST

Registered charity 1180640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organsiation in 2019 and aims to promote and enhance the physical and mental welfare of individuals or groups of individuals through grant making. Applicants should refer to the website and complete the online application form. Please note the Trust plans to spend it's entire resources by 2029.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£10.8m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in the process of a planned spend-down and closure by January 2029, having made a deficit of £8,832,662 for the year ended 5 April 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £38,037,446, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable distributions and commitments through the closure period. The charity is audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP, which confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

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: £38.0m)
“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 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in the process of a planned spend-down and closure by January 2029, having made a deficit of £8,832,662 for the year ended 5 April 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £38,037,446, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable distributions and commitments through the closure period. The charity is audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP, which confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLYFY2023£10kHospice at Home
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAINFY2023£6kGB Projects
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHERINE'S, WAKEFIELDFY2023£500Not explicitly stated in grants note, listed in donations

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£349k—0unclear—not going concern
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£278k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£608k—0unclear—no doubt
The A and J Charitable Trust FY2025£590k—0unclear—no doubt

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