TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST

Registered charity 249349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Generally the Trustees' financial assistance is focused on capital projects which help the young, elderly or generally disadvantaged within their area of benefit which is restricted to the administrative districts of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, East Dorset and Isle of Purbeck

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted undesignated reserves were £10,943,158, which the Trustees consider more than sufficient. Total funds increased to £78,214,239, supported by significant investment growth and rental income, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's 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

Largest income source: Investments (53% of income)

“Of the total income, £2,172,274 (2024: £1,040,106 ) was generated from the Trust’s invested funds.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: finance any infrastructure it might decide to install on the land in its possession, and to act as a cushion for any fluctuations in income to maintain a consistent level of giving and to meet any exceptional requests for charitable assistance (held: £10.9m)

“The Trustees' policy is to regard their accumulated income fund as a reserve to finance any infrastructure it might decide to install on the land in its possession, and to act as a cushion for any fluctuations in income to maintain a consistent level of giving and to meet any exceptional requests for charitable assistance.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Due to connected charity

“At the year-end an amount of £15,705 (2024: £7,735) was due to the Talbot Village Almshouses Trust from Talbot Village Trust in respect of transfers of Almshouses occupational charges.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Caroline Cooban — Director of Giving (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£188k

Reserves (reported)

£7.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~35.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

EARL OF SHAFTESBURYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Aldred Robert Alexander Drummond · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRISTOPHER JAMES LEES · trustee of 1 other charity
Caspar Alexander Rock · trustee of 1 other charity
Cecilia Mary Bufton · trustee of 1 other charity
GEORGE WILLIAM OWEN TAPPS GERVIS MEYRICK · trustee of 2 other charities
Mary Elizabeth Riall · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas Andrew John Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Anthony Cutler · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£4.1m	£2.3m
31/12/2024	£2.9m	£3.3m
31/12/2023	£3.6m	£3.3m
31/12/2022	£3.1m	£3.3m
31/12/2021	£2.8m	£2.8m

Common questions

Is TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted undesignated reserves were £10,943,158, which the Trustees consider more than sufficient. Total funds increased to £78,214,239, supported by significant investment growth and rental income, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

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 AMATEURS TRUST	1	£96k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£11k
SUICIDE & CO	1	£5k
WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST	1	£3k
CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL.

INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL income £222k
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST income £569k
FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY income £157k
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.6m
THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST income £271k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	£4.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£222k	£5,500	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST FY2024	£569k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY FY2026	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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