THE ROMSHED CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1189051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust is a grant-making charity with a priority towards supporting animal welfare, the protection of the natural environment, sustainable development and improving the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Grants are not made to individuals or in response to unsolicited applications to which it is regretted the trust is unable to reply.

Objects

TO FUND AND SUPPORT PURPOSES WHICH ARE WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £957,194 with no liabilities. The trustees report that all reserves are invested in money market funds, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (75% of income)

“Income of £48,070 from money market funds was reinvested into money market funds.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from companies controlled by the Trustees

“Funding of the Charity during this period was provided by donations received from companies controlled by the Trustees: Headland Weald Ltd £7,400 and Readystart Associates Ltd £6,180 and Romshed Farm £2,400.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

—

Total spending

£69k

Reserves (reported)

£891k

Employees

Trustees · trustee networks

Martin Wynell Weston MAchair
Fidelity Anne Weston MA
Lucian Weston MA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£64k	£36k
31/03/2024	£73k	£36k
31/03/2023	£851k	£69k
31/03/2022	£146k	£83k
31/03/2021	£20k	£12k

Common questions

Is THE ROMSHED CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £957,194 with no liabilities. The trustees report that all reserves are invested in money market funds, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

THE RANMORE CHARITABLE TRUST income £17k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £270k
ROTARY CLUB OF ROMSEY TEST TRUST FUND income £100k
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £148k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROMSHED CHARITABLE TRUST	£64k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RANMORE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£17k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£270k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF ROMSEY TEST TRUST FUND FY2025	£100k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2026	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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