THE BLATCHINGTON COURT TRUST

Registered charity 1195990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCT

Providing a range of services including advocacy support, counselling, technology advice, benefits advice, organising & running social activities and providing financial grants

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,950,654 and total net assets of £14,479,427, supported by a secure endowment fund generating £613,041 in investment income. The Trustees and auditors confirm adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. The organization maintains a stable financial position with sufficient income to meet client needs and operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~59.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Dalby-Welshchair
• ALISON MARGARET ACASON
• Alan John Fraser Harris
• Funke Bayo-Awonaike
• Hugo David Luck · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marilyne Kekeli Abony · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Frederick Hatchard
• Philip Richard Schaverien
• Richard John Martin FRICS
• STEPHEN PETER CHARLES PAVEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shelly Margaret Boden

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION.

• THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION income £271k
• THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION income £511k
• BLANCHMINSTER TRUST income £574k
• BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED income £192k
• THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION income £267k
• THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k

Side by side with its peers

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