NATIONAL TRAILS UK
Registered charity 1196805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
National Trails UK will deliver its charitable objects through advocacy, liaising with government and working with relevant departments on long-term policy and strategy for the National Trails. It will actively raise funds in support of its objectives, enabling information exchange and learning opportunities for members and will market and promote the National Trails for the benefit of all.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £203,349 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £369,548 to £166,199. While unrestricted reserves fell to £10,838 with only £3,027 in free reserves, the trustees consider the balance sheet strong with net current assets of £158,388 and confirm the charity is a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k; policy: six months of operating costs)
“At 31 March 2025 the charity had unrestricted reserves of £10,838, of which £3,027 are free reserves. This lies outside the parameters of the current reserves policy” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew John Gattikerchair
- Andrew Wang
- CRAIG GRIMES · trustee of 2 other charities
- Dr Katy Rebecca Owen
- Jeremy Scott Clark
- Julian Martin Gray
- Karen Jane Pulford · trustee of 1 other charity
- Patrick Gordon Bowhill Stockwell
- Shane Robert Logan
- Simon Roger Kearey · trustee of 3 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NATIONAL TRAILS UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £203,349 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £369,548 to £166,199. While unrestricted reserves fell to £10,838 with only £3,027 in free reserves, the trustees consider the balance sheet strong with net current assets of £158,388 and confirm the charity is a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds NATIONAL TRAILS UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL TRAILS UK as a grant recipient include THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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