THE REDBOURN CHARITIES

Registered charity 217154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Redbourn Charities offers accommodation in almshouses, and maintains these and the grounds. It manages its investments in order to achieve this main activity, but also uses the money for charitable purposes for the benefit of poor persons resident in the (ancient) Parish of Redbourn, and gives an annual donation to Redbourn Care Group and the remainder for certain other prescribed purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£107k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £4,282,655 at the end of the year, with a significant portion (£3,839,832) held in revaluation reserves. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

John Granville Colechair
ANGELA MARGARET TOWLER
Christopher John Trim
PAULINE ELIZABETH RIDGWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Wakefield
Ruth Margaret Hughes FCA
Teresa Finnigan

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£147k	£107k
30/06/2024	£147k	£108k
30/06/2023	£89k	£70k
30/06/2022	£81k	£61k
30/06/2021	£79k	£56k

Common questions

Is THE REDBOURN CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £4,282,655 at the end of the year, with a significant portion (£3,839,832) held in revaluation reserves. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/01/2023	£6k	Redbourn Community Food Club

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
CHRISTCHURCH HARPENDEN	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTCHURCH REDBOURN.

CHRISTCHURCH REDBOURN income £160k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURN income £495k
BOURNE UNITED CHARITIES income £1.4m
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY income £421k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF REDLAND, BRISTOL income £455k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE REDBOURN CHARITIES	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH REDBOURN FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURN FY2025	£495k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOURNE UNITED CHARITIES FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	no doubt

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