BERWICK UPON TWEED CORPORATION (FREEMEN) TRUSTEES

Registered charity 222154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £30,562,851, all of which are endowment funds, with no restricted funds remaining at the year-end as surpluses are paid out to beneficiaries. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £587,223, derived from investment gains, while total income and expenditure for the year were both £783,156, resulting in a net surplus before investment gains of £nil. The trustees confirm 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 audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (15 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL W HERRIOTTchair
• ARTHUR WILLIAM HERRIOTT · trustee of 3 other charities
• CAPTAIN JAMES EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Philip John Rowe
• Councillor Rosemary Mackenzie
• Councillor Thomas Leslie Stewart
• DAVID BORTHWICK PATTERSON HERRIOTT · trustee of 3 other charities
• DAVID FAIRNELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Hawken · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael William Greener · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Berwick PCC.

• Berwick PCC income £109k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• THE EDGWARE FOUNDATION income £304k
• SIR THOMAS WHITE'S CHARITY income £3.4m
• ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £398k
• WILLIAM FRANK PINN CHARITABLE TRUST income £488k

Side by side with its peers

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