FRIARSGATE TRUST

Registered charity 220762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide funds for the academic and general education of orphans and children (whether infant or adult) whose parents are in poor or reduced circumstances.To provide the mental, moral , physical, technical and social education of children, young persons and adults.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased by £172,521 to £4,155,299, driven by a net loss on investments and grant expenditures exceeding investment income. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with cash held to cover running costs and investment management fees constituting the primary cost of generating funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash funds to meet its anticipated expenditure on charitable grants (held: £4.2m)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain sufficient cash funds to meet its anticipated expenditure on charitable grants.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Annika Small
Diana Augusta Altman
ROBERT MCLAREN NEWMAN
Richard Arthur Norton

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£123k	£149k
05/04/2024	£118k	£126k
05/04/2023	£119k	£142k
05/04/2022	£112k	£177k
05/04/2021	£98k	£117k

Common questions

Is FRIARSGATE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased by £172,521 to £4,155,299, driven by a net loss on investments and grant expenditures exceeding investment income. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with cash held to cover running costs and investment management fees constituting the primary cost of generating funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £589k
CHURCHGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £313k
The Portal Trust income £8.2m
THE GATEHAMPTON TRUST income £172k
GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £8.7m
THE FARTHING TRUST income £501k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIARSGATE TRUST	£123k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£589k	—	0	below	—	noted
CHURCHGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£313k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Portal Trust FY2025	£8.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GATEHAMPTON TRUST FY2025	£172k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£8.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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