THE HALLATON AND ISABELLA STENNING TRUST

Registered charity 216115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALLATON GENERAL CHARITIES, THE HALLATON AND ISABELLA STENNING CHARITY

Provision of 16 almshouses providing villagers with affordable accommodation enabling them to stay in Hallaton when the high cost of housing in the village may otherwise prevent them from being able to do so.Providing recreational facilities and grants on approved application for inhabitants of Hallaton & surrounding neighbourhood for education or need.

Objects

THE OBJECTS CLAUSE WILL NOT CHANGE. IT IS THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT' WHICH THE TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE. THE HIST TRUSTEES ARE SEEKING PERMISSION FROM THE CHARITY COMMISSION TO WIDEN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR ALMSHOUSE APPLICATIONS. THE CURRENT AREA OF BENEFIT IS HALLATON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD WHICH EXTENDS TO TUGBY AND EAST NORTON DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF THE KATHERINE PARKER CHARITY. THE TRUSTEES SUGGEST EXTENDING THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF HALLATON WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS A WIDER RANGE OF VILLAGES.TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR BY (1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ALMSHOUSES; (2) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATIONAL GROUND, AND (3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HALLATON

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£112k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,246 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in cash balances to £211,165. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources and reserves to meet its liabilities and complete planned developments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Helen Vyvyan Jameschair
Alistair Mark Brook
Emma Wood
Gillian Ann Bexson
Guy Alexander Taylor
Peter Buckingham · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Parks
William Thomas George Vaughan

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£100k	£112k
31/12/2024	£104k	£97k
31/12/2023	£81k	£110k
31/12/2022	£295k	£120k
31/12/2021	£116k	£130k

Common questions

Is THE HALLATON AND ISABELLA STENNING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,246 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in cash balances to £211,165. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources and reserves to meet its liabilities and complete planned developments. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL.

CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL income £105k
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
ESSEX HALL income £592k
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
HALL AND FERNHILL TRUST income £6k
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HALLATON AND ISABELLA STENNING TRUST	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024	£103k	—	above	—	no doubt
ESSEX HALL FY2025	£592k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£233k	—	above	—	no doubt
HALL AND FERNHILL TRUST FY2024	£6k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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