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.

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

Latest income

£685k

Latest spending

£618k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: three to six months' worth of operational expenditure (held: £272k)

“The level of 'free reserves' the Trustees deem suitable to hold for the matters detailed above is equal to between three and six months' worth of 'operational expenditure'.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Old Enfield Charitable Trust administers Ann Crowe’s and Wright’s Almshouse Charity and charges an administration fee.

“The Trustees are also Trustees of Ann Crowe’s and Wright’s Almshouse Charity which is a Charity in its own right. The Old Enfield Charitable Trust administers the two sets of Almshouses and an administration charge of £12,069 (2024 - £10,572) was made for this purpose during the year.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income

£685k

Total spending

£618k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£685k	£618k
31/03/2024	£658k	£625k
31/03/2023	£667k	£603k
31/03/2022	£634k	£581k
31/03/2021	£504k	£534k

Common questions

Is THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Keelings Limited.

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
THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY	1	£50k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST AND ST JOHN WITH ST LUKE, ISLE OF DOGS	1	£8k
THE MICHAEL AND ILSE KATZ FOUNDATION	1	£6k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING	1	£5k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust	1	£5k
LEADERS IN COMMUNITY	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOCALMOTION ENFIELD.

LOCALMOTION ENFIELD income £983k
Age UK Enfield income £2.0m
The Enfield Island Youth & Community Trust income £394k
ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION income £884k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.9m
ENFIELD ISLAND VILLAGE TRUST income £458k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	£685k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LOCALMOTION ENFIELD FY2026	£983k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Age UK Enfield FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
The Enfield Island Youth & Community Trust FY2025	£394k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025	£884k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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