ST MARY'S HALL TRUST

Registered charity 230161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England and promote such general charitable purposes as the trustees think fit for the benefit of the inhabitants of the former Borough of Warwick and surrounding neighbourhood including the town of Warwick.

Objects

1) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (2) TO PROMOTE SUCH GENERAL PUBLIC CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE FORMER BOROUGH OF WARWICK AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD, INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WARWICK.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding up and dissolving, with assets planned for transfer to the Collegiate Church of St Mary Warwick. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern, and investments have been reclassified from fixed to current assets. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £807,232, which is in excess of the stated policy target of £3,107.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's net income before investment gains or losses (reserves figure: £807k)

“The Charity aims to hold free reserves equivalent to one year's net income before investment gains or losses. For 2025 this target figure was £3,107” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“Due to the decision taken to wind up the Charity, these financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Louise Faulknerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Clive Wills Black
JOHN STEPHEN LUXTON · trustee of 2 other charities
Kate Hannah Brash
Kirsteen Robson
Nicholas Hodges
Rev Canon Angus Robert Aagaard · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£27k	£24k
31/12/2024	£24k	£19k
31/12/2023	£22k	£9k
31/12/2022	£23k	£268k
31/12/2021	£22k	£12k

Common questions

Is ST MARY'S HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding up and dissolving, with assets planned for transfer to the Collegiate Church of St Mary Warwick. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern, and investments have been reclassified from fixed to current assets. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £807,232, which is in excess of the stated policy target of £3,107. 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 FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£50k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. LUKE'S HALL.

ST. LUKE'S HALL income £42k
MARY BASS CHARITY income £208k
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HERITAGE income £5.7m
CHARITY OF JOHN MARSHALL income £1.5m
ST MARY'S COLLEGE TRUST income £41k
KESWICK ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £171k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST MARY'S HALL TRUST	£27k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
ST. LUKE'S HALL FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARY BASS CHARITY FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HERITAGE FY2025	£5.7m	£100,000 to £109,999	1	above	—	no doubt
CHARITY OF JOHN MARSHALL FY2025	£1.5m	£80,000 - £89,999	2	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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