THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST

Registered charity 1190231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FORRESTER TRUST

Charitable foundation.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £43,888,101, with a net incoming resource increase of £3,023,162 for the year. The trustees confirm adequate resources to meet fixed costs for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to make grants at such a level that does not significantly reduce our asset position (held: £43.9m)

“The Trustees policy is to make grants at such a level that does not significantly reduce our asset position.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rental payments made to an employee who is also a trustee/secretary.

“Rental payments of £3,600 (2023: £3,600) were made to A. Hollands, an employee. There was no balance outstanding at the year end or prior year end.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£44.7m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HILARY JANE PORTER · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Dennis Richard Kewley
Thomas Walker
Wendy Jaqueline Forrester

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£1.2m	£1.8m
31/03/2025	£1.4m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.5m
31/03/2023	£1.3m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £43,888,101, with a net incoming resource increase of £3,023,162 for the year. The trustees confirm adequate resources to meet fixed costs for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

Who funds THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST as a grant recipient include HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	FY2023	£35k	International Development

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£323k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£219k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

THE FORESTERS HOMES TRUST income £135k
The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
The Family Trust income £4.8m
VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION income £337k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION income £1.2m
THE REED FOUNDATION income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FORESTERS HOMES TRUST FY2024	£135k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2024	£3.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
The Family Trust FY2024	£4.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£337k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt

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