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R L GLASSPOOL CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 214648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £37.4 million, with investment income falling by 2.3% to £2.25 million. The charity reports a negative unrestricted fund balance of £1.3 million, which the trustees attribute to a timing difference in recognizing grant liabilities for the following year, rather than a lack of underlying financial resources.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 (2024: One).” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months operating costs plus pension DoW liability (held: £610k)
“Our strategy is to keep the ‘designated reserves’ above the costs of the CARE defined benefit pension scheme Debt on Withdrawal (DoW) liability and general reserves at six months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by A C Mole LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£4.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£4.7m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.4m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.3m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.2m£2.3m

Common questions

Is R L GLASSPOOL CHARITY TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £37.4 million, with investment income falling by 2.3% to £2.25 million. The charity reports a negative unrestricted fund balance of £1.3 million, which the trustees attribute to a timing difference in recognizing grant liabilities for the following year, rather than a lack of underlying financial resources. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by A C Mole LLP.

Who funds R L GLASSPOOL CHARITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name R L GLASSPOOL CHARITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£40k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITYFY2022£13k

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Edge Ministries1£6k

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