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THE CITY CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 259420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£128k
Latest spending
£143k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £496,269 from £483,066 in the prior year, while total net assets fell to £3,871,766. The Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue operations and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum necessary for the operations of the charity to continue uninterrupted (held: £496k)
“Funds in the Unrestricted Fund are kept to the minimum necessary for the operations of the charity to continue uninterrupted” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal fees paid to Broadfield Law UK LLP, a firm where both trustees are partners.
“During the period covered by these accounts both Trustees Alastair Collett and Elizabeth Neale were Partners at Broadfield Law UK LLP to whom legal fees were paid amounting to £21,456 (2024: £14,868) for services provided to the Trust.” — page 14
“The Estate of Shella MacPherson from which the legacy was receivable in the year £10,933 (2024 £3,476,922) was managed by Broadfield Law UK LLP with Alastair Collett acting as joint executor under the will.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legacy from Estate of Sheila MacPherson, managed by Broadfield Law UK LLP with trustee Alastair Collett as executor.
“During the period covered by these accounts both Trustees Alastair Collett and Elizabeth Neale were Partners at Broadfield Law UK LLP to whom legal fees were paid amounting to £21,456 (2024: £14,868) for services provided to the Trust.” — page 14
“The Estate of Shella MacPherson from which the legacy was receivable in the year £10,933 (2024 £3,476,922) was managed by Broadfield Law UK LLP with Alastair Collett acting as joint executor under the will.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£78k
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£4.0m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£128k£143k
31/03/2024£3.6m£78k
31/03/2023£6k£2k
31/03/2022£5k£33k
31/03/2021£3k£59k

Common questions

Is THE CITY CHARITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £496,269 from £483,066 in the prior year, while total net assets fell to £3,871,766. The Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue operations and note no material uncertainties regarding 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
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION1£57k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)1£5k
Friends of the Nations' Libraries1£4k
THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST1£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST COOKHAM DEAN1£30

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL ATHARIYYAH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CITY CHARITY TRUST£128k—0unclear—no doubt
AL ATHARIYYAH FY2026£199k——unclear—no doubt
SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
NORWICH CATHEDRAL CHOIR ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025£253k——unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTH CARE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE TRUST CHARITY FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE COTE CHARITY FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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