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ST. JAMES TRUST

Registered charity 203902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROBERT PINCHIN'S CHARITY, ST. JAMES' TRUST

Helping people in need, hardship or distress in Trowbridge & the surrounding villages.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£622k
Latest spending
£617k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds a permanent endowment fund valued at £1,655,335.15 as of 31 March 2025, derived from investments and a recent land sale. The trustees report that the Trust is in a strong financial position and has sufficient funds to manage investment risks and meet future grant obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a fund in our Santander Account in case of any emergency... enough within our investments to ride out current investment drops (held: £1.7m)
“The Trust holds a fund in our Santander Account in case of any emergency which may arise during the year. We hold enough within our investments to ride out current investment drops due to government policies or banking sector scares on the stock exchange.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£622k
Total spending
£617k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (93% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£622k£617k
31/03/2024£42k£35k
31/03/2023£34k£35k
31/03/2022£33k£39k
31/03/2021£37k£26k

Common questions

Is ST. JAMES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust holds a permanent endowment fund valued at £1,655,335.15 as of 31 March 2025, derived from investments and a recent land sale. The trustees report that the Trust is in a strong financial position and has sufficient funds to manage investment risks and meet future grant obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with St James, PCC Bream.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. JAMES TRUST£622k—0unclear—no doubt
St James, PCC Bream FY2024£174k—0unclear—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES WEYBRIDGE FY2025£309k—0above—no doubt
DEEPING ST JAMES UNITED CHARITIES FY2024£270k—0unclear—no doubt
ST JAMES' TRUST (SEAFORD) FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS BROMWICH TRUST FY2026£224k—0above—no doubt

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