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THE CORTON HILL TRUST

Registered charity 1186843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes, with a particular focus on charities supporting organisations across Somerset, Dorset and East Devon. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

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Latest income
£933k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £7,208,972 from £7,586,914 in the prior year, driven by a significant drop in investment income and transfers from endowment. Free reserves fell to £190,750, though the trustees note that significant free reserves are not considered necessary given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. 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

Largest income source: Transfers from expendable endowment (87% of income)
“transfers from expendable endowment of £812,961” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £191k; policy: no significant free reserves)
“Given the availability of the expendable endowment fund the trustees do not consider that the charity needs to maintain any significant free reserves and recognise such deficits on reserves will arise from time to time.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Ludlow Trust Company Limited (corporate trustee) received £28,285 for administrative services.
“During the year under review one of the trustees, Ludlow Trust Company Limited, charged fees for the provision of administrative services of £28,285 (2024: £31,016), shown in note 4.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Limited, a corporate trustee, charged £28,285 for administrative services.
“During the year under review one of the trustees, Ludlow Trust Company Limited, charged fees for the provision of administrative services of £28,285 (2024: £31,016), shown in note 4.” — page 15
“During the year under review, two grants of £575,000 were awarded to an organisation, of which one of the settlor trustees, Nicholas Robinson, is the director.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two grants totaling £575,000 were awarded to an organisation where settlor trustee Nicholas Robinson is a director.
“During the year under review one of the trustees, Ludlow Trust Company Limited, charged fees for the provision of administrative services of £28,285 (2024: £31,016), shown in note 4.” — page 15
“During the year under review, two grants of £575,000 were awarded to an organisation, of which one of the settlor trustees, Nicholas Robinson, is the director.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 13/11/2025)

Total income
£933k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reserves (reported)
£191k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% 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: 3.4% 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
13/11/2025£933k£1.1m
13/11/2024£4.2m£4.2m
13/11/2023£1.4m£1.1m
13/11/2022£1.0m£1.1m
13/11/2021£796k£794k

Common questions

Is THE CORTON HILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased to £7,208,972 from £7,586,914 in the prior year, driven by a significant drop in investment income and transfers from endowment. Free reserves fell to £190,750, though the trustees note that significant free reserves are not considered necessary given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£481k
FRIENDS OF THE YEATMAN HOSPITAL1£88k
CLARK FOUNDATION1£6k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CORTON HILL TRUST£933k—0below—no doubt
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£169k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MUMFORD MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025£201k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£212k—0below—no doubt
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear33.1%no doubt
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST FY2025£4.1m——above—no doubt

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