THORNBURY & DISTRICT LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

Registered charity 1188291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Thornbury & District League of Friends will give grants to organisations in Thornbury and surrounding parishes, who work with people with health-related and wellbeing needs, diagnosed or otherwise, where such assistance is not typically provided through the NHS.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £510,306, which is an increase from the previous year's balance of £497,545. The trustees report that the systems in place and reserves held are adequate to mitigate major risks, and the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: All reserves are held for future expenditure on the Principal Objects of the Trust, with adequate reserves retained in the Trust Rathbones Investment Management and the Trust Business Reserve account to meet any specific near term needs identified by the Trustees. (held: £510k)

“All reserves are held for future expenditure on the Principal Objects of the Trust, with adequate reserves retained in the Trust Rathbones Investment Management and the Trust Business Reserve account to meet any specific near term needs identified by the Trustees.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Bates
Angela Symonds
Cheryl Meredith
Clive Parkinson
Guy Rawlinson
PAMELA WATKINS
Paul Wilkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Shirley Ford
Vicki Townsend

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£45k	£33k
30/09/2024	£54k	£21k
30/09/2023	£26k	£28k
30/09/2022	£10k	£22k
30/09/2021	£51k	£9k

Common questions

Is THORNBURY & DISTRICT LEAGUE OF FRIENDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £510,306, which is an increase from the previous year's balance of £497,545. The trustees report that the systems in place and reserves held are adequate to mitigate major risks, and the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.