BEQUEST OF JOSEPH EWART

Registered charity 237580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust builds/maintains and manages small dwellings for elderly people of limited financial resources in Farnham, Surrey

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Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £162,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,797,000. This exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £105,000, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £105k (held: £1.8m)

“The Trust will hold reserves at a minimum level of £105k.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Waverley Borough Council · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£194k	£32k
31/03/2024	£169k	£125k
31/03/2023	£126k	£45k
31/03/2022	£91k	£32k
31/03/2021	£102k	£27k

Common questions

Is BEQUEST OF JOSEPH EWART financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £162,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,797,000. This exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £105,000, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£90k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£12k
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' BOONE'S CHARITY.

THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' BOONE'S CHARITY income £2.0m
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY income £1.1m
THE ST JOSEPH'S BENWELL CHURCH TRUST income £456k
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £174k
THE FARRER TRUST income £238k
THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 2010 income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEQUEST OF JOSEPH EWART	£194k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' BOONE'S CHARITY FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY FY2026	£1.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ST JOSEPH'S BENWELL CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£456k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£174k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FARRER TRUST FY2025	£238k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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