GRANTA TRUST

Registered charity 1184638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is formed for the purpose of (a) the advancement of the literary arts in particular by the promotion of new and emerging writing; (b) the advancement of education through the promotion of literary and literacy cultures in the United Kingdom and around the world; and(c) such other charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds total funds of £9,874,973, comprising £9,865,995 in endowment funds and £8,978 in unrestricted funds. The trustees consider that reserves should be limited to an amount appropriate to the Trust’s working capital needs, noting that the expendable endowment generates investment income to support charitable activities. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bright Grahame Murray. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Wedmore
• SIGRID MARIA ELISABET RAUSING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tony Curzon Price
• VICTORIA GRAY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GRANT FOUNDATION.

• THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
• THE ELMGRANT TRUST income £178k
• THE GATEHAMPTON TRUST income £172k
• THE SUTASOMA TRUST income £134k
• WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST income £1.5m
• THE ARTANGEL TRUST income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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