THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST

Registered charity 249692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of grants to charities and charitable purposes

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETIONS OF THE SETTLOR OR HIS WIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,102,892, driven by a £72,512 gain on investments and £113,182 in investment income. The charity holds £1,408,643 in unrestricted funds and has no stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant to Clemens Reutter Memorial Trust
“In the prior year, the charity made a grant of £3,000 to the Clemens Reutter Memorial Trust during the year. G L T Reutter is a trustee of both the donor and donee charities.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 12/07/2024, 158 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£115k£14k
05/04/2024£143k£46k
05/04/2023£78k£37k
05/04/2022£61k£38k
05/04/2021£406k£67k

Common questions

Is THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,102,892, driven by a £72,512 gain on investments and £113,182 in investment income. The charity holds £1,408,643 in unrestricted funds and has no stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MENPHYS LIMITED1£45k
VENDQUOT LIMITED1£6k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£4k
ABG TRUST FUND1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GARTH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST£115k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GARTH TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HADRIAN TRUST FY2024£268k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARAMEAD TRUST FY2025£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE 4814 TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
THE FORT TRUST FY2026£29k—0above—no doubt

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