BLANCHMINSTER TRUST

Registered charity 202118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLANCHMINSTER CHARITY

To make grants for the relief of local need, promotion of education and aid to local charitable organistations for the benefit of the community

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£574k

Latest spending

£809k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £1,887,995, which falls within the trustees' stated target range of £1,500,000 to £2,000,000. Although the trust is in a strong financial position, the trustees note that major remedial costs of £900,000 are anticipated over the next 2-3 years for property maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (92% of income)

“Rents received 530,073” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000 (held: £1.9m)

“Therefore, the target range for free reserves retained is between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£574k

Total spending

£809k

Cost of raising funds

£493k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~28.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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: 86.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY RICHARD JAMES
DENISE YVONNE WELLINGTON
Dr Andrew Moss
IAN MICHAEL SALTERN
JOHN ADDICOTT
JULIA MAY SHEPHERD
Jane Adams
LEONARD MICHAEL JAMES TOZER
MR CHRIS NICHOLS
PHILIP MICHAEL WALTER
Patricia Irene Gliddon
SUSAN LAMBLE
VALERIE ANN NEWMAN

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£574k	£809k
31/12/2024	£559k	£860k
31/12/2023	£547k	£729k
31/12/2022	£557k	£607k
31/12/2021	£511k	£588k

Common questions

Is BLANCHMINSTER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £1,887,995, which falls within the trustees' stated target range of £1,500,000 to £2,000,000. Although the trust is in a strong financial position, the trustees note that major remedial costs of £900,000 are anticipated over the next 2-3 years for property maintenance. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

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
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£1.1m
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£95k
BRUSHMILL LIMITED	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE BLANES TRUST income £112k
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS income £107k
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	£574k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE BLANES TRUST FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	above	29.3%	no doubt
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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