POLRUAN TOWN TRUST

Registered charity 232749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POLROAN TOWN TRUST, TOWN TRUST

To administer the endowments [land and property] of the Charity and apply the income from same for the benefit of of the inhabitants of the area of benefit being the ancient township of Polruan.

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Latest income

£243k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's financial position is significantly stronger than in the previous year, with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £295,403. The Trustees report that the organization is in a strong and encouraging position, well-placed to consider future community projects subject to securing external grant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee Dan Hicks was granted the car park concession. Trustee Vicky Halls is listed as a Trustee. The document does not state the financial value of the concession or any payments to trustees.

“It was decided to offer both the St Saviour and Vevery car parks to the concessionaire in 2025 and this has worked well. The concession was granted to Dan Hicks.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Riggchair
Graham Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
Graham Palmer
Ian Stanley Windsor
Melanie Hicks
Shelley Ann Dobson
Victoria Florence Harvey Halls

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£243k	£175k
31/12/2024	£145k	£100k
31/12/2023	£151k	£215k
31/12/2022	£95k	£96k
31/12/2021	£80k	£54k

Common questions

Is POLRUAN TOWN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's financial position is significantly stronger than in the previous year, with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £295,403. The Trustees report that the organization is in a strong and encouraging position, well-placed to consider future community projects subject to securing external grant funding. 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 GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT	1	£3.3m
COLLEGE ESTATE ENDOWMENT	1	£1.4m
WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Poland Trust.

The Poland Trust income £282k
WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST income £308k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST income £4.1m
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST income £4.0m
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST income £569k
DUNWICH TOWN TRUST income £129k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POLRUAN TOWN TRUST	£243k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Poland Trust FY2025	£282k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST FY2025	£308k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST FY2024	£4.0m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST FY2023	£569k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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