THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 207840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes charitable grants to residents of the EN1 EN2 and EN3 in the Borough of Enfield who are in need. These grants include education and general grants, together with community grants to local organisations.

Objects

1) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ENFIELD (THE RESIDENTS) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THE RESIDENTS. (2) IN PAYING FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS. (3) IN ASSISTING THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, BY PAYING FOR FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (4) IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF THE RESIDENTS. (5) IN IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION. (6) IN ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: POSTCODE AREAS EN1, EN2, AND EN3 ONLY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £109,611 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by total income of £684,636 against total expenditure of £618,145. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £272,281, which the trustees consider adequate to meet their reserves policy target of three to six months' operational expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Keelings Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~42.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (76% 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

• SUSAN JANE ATTWOOD JPchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANNE WHITEHORN · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHERYL BYAMUKAMA · trustee of 2 other charities
• CLIVE PARKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Michael Rye · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deighton Hargreaves · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr PATRICK O'MAHONY · trustee of 2 other charities
• GEOFFREY STANLEY HILL · trustee of 2 other charities
• JIM EUSTANCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN F MCGRATH Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lily Ho Parker Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICHOLAS MAUNDER TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Simon Edwards · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE OLD BANK WELLBEING TRUST income £320k
• OLD PARISH TRUST income £81k
• NEW ORFORD TOWN TRUST income £269k
• ENFIELD TOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH income £589k
• EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ROBERT OLDFIELD income £300k
• THE ENGLEFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £712k

Side by side with its peers

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