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THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST

Registered charity 1187395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the subject of literature.To promote the creative arts for the public benefit, especially literature, whether fiction, nonfiction,drama or poetry.

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

Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£520k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £6,710,127, which are being actively spent down over a planned period of around six years. The charity does not actively fundraise, relying entirely on investment returns from its endowment to cover charitable activities and governance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: run the unrestricted general and designated funds down over a period of around 6 years (held: £6.7m)
“The current intention is to run the unrestricted general and designated funds down over a period of around 6 years although this period will be subject to a continuing review.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Three trustees were reimbursed £4,755 for travel and subsistence expenses.
“During the year three trustees (2024: three) were reimbursed a total of £4,755 (2024: £2,276) in respect of travel and subsistence costs incurred in connection with the charity.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£712k
Total spending
£667k
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£7.6m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~136.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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
31/12/2025£175k£520k
31/12/2024£712k£667k
31/12/2023£245k£398k
31/12/2022£7.8m£244k
30/06/2021£25k£25k

Common questions

Is THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £6,710,127, which are being actively spent down over a planned period of around six years. The charity does not actively fundraise, relying entirely on investment returns from its endowment to cover charitable activities and governance costs. 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 YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£543k
ANGUISH'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION1£118k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£111k
GOFUNDME.ORG.UK1£67k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND1£40k
Norwich Freemen's Charity1£20k
JOHN INNES FOUNDATION1£20k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION1£16k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST£175k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARTANGEL TRUST FY2025£1.4m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£373k—0unclear—no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
POETRY LONDON LTD FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt

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