NEWBY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 227151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Working nationally within the United Kingdom, in particular to promote medical welfare, education, training and research, and the relief of poverty.

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

Latest income
£583k
Latest spending
£743k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free/unrestricted reserves were £538,589, which is below the stated policy target of £700,000. The charity relies entirely on investment income, which generated £583,349 in the year, while total expenditure including investment management fees amounted to £743,427.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments
“The sole funding source of the charity is its investments and investment income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £539k)
“It is the policy of the charity to keep reserves sufficient to meet expenditure on charitable activities for at least twelve months and accordingly the trustees aim to have unrestricted reserves of £700,000 held in cash and in easily realisable liquid assets.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£583k
Total spending
£743k
Cost of raising funds
£104k
Reserves (reported)
£589k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 17.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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
05/04/2025£583k£743k
05/04/2024£566k£675k
05/04/2023£556k£637k
05/04/2022£517k£602k
05/04/2021£423k£583k

Common questions

Is NEWBY TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free/unrestricted reserves were £538,589, which is below the stated policy target of £700,000. The charity relies entirely on investment income, which generated £583,349 in the year, while total expenditure including investment management fees amounted to £743,427. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED£583k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE NEWHAM FY2025£163k—0below—no doubt
NEWLAND HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.7m——unclear—no doubt
NEWELLS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.0m——below—no doubt
NEW LIFE (SCUNTHORPE) FY2024£721k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt

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