ARTHUR INGRAM TRUST

Registered charity 212868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide financial assistance towards education/training for young people aged between 14 and 20 years inclusive, who live in the Medway Council area,where they or their parents lack the necessary financial resources.

Objects

TO ASSIST BOYS AND GIRLSS WHO HAVE BEEN AND/OR ARE PUPILS OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH OF GILLINGHAM THE BOROUGH OF CHATHAM AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER OR WHO ARE CHILDREN OF RESIDENTS OF THE SAID BOROUGHS OR CITY WHO ARE PREPARING TO ENTER UPON OR ARE ENGAGED IN ANY TRADE PROFESSION OCCUPATION/TO COMMENCE OR TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION OR TO UNDERGO TRAINING FOR A TRADE PROFESSION OCCUPATION/IN CASES WHERE THEY OR THEIR PARENTS LACK THE NECESSARY MEANS TO ENABLE THEM TO DO SO, PROVIDED SUCH PERSONS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE YEARS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGHS OF GILLINGHAM AND CHATHAM AND CITY OF ROCHESTER

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

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Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust has unrestricted reserves of £656,675 and an endowment fund of £2,234,113, resulting in total net assets of £2,890,788. The trustees report a solid financial position supported by these endowments, although the value of investments decreased during the year. The Trust has no employees and relies on Medway Council for administration.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Administration services provided by Medway Council for an annual fee.
“The administration is carried out by Medway Council, for which an annual fee of £20,760 inc VAT was charged.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/02/2024, 20 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£88k£74k
31/03/2024£86k£89k
31/03/2023£82k£91k
31/03/2022£75k£81k
31/03/2021£72k£69k

Common questions

Is ARTHUR INGRAM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust has unrestricted reserves of £656,675 and an endowment fund of £2,234,113, resulting in total net assets of £2,890,788. The trustees report a solid financial position supported by these endowments, although the value of investments decreased during the year. The Trust has no employees and relies on Medway Council for administration. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARTHUR INGRAM TRUST£88k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INGRAM ART FOUNDATION FY2025£152k——unclear—no doubt
THE ARTHUR SOUSTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£48k—0below—no doubt
THE SIR ANDREW MARTIN TRUST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
STRINGER TRUST FY2025£98k—0unclear—no doubt
THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£79k—0unclear—no doubt

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