THE PEWTERERS' SEAHORSE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 261889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEWTERERS CHARITY TRUST

The original purpose of the Trust was to establish homes for the Elderly.However, the Trust Deed gives the Trustees wide discretion to use its funds for charitable purposes. During the year the Trust has made contributions to a number of organisations principally towards education, work with disadvantaged young people and other charitable activities.

Objects

SUCH PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£111k
Latest spending
£121k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £21,173, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining unrestricted funds at a level equating to approximately one year of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity's total assets are primarily held in investment portfolios valued at £3,201,773, with no restricted or endowment funds reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Charity maintains its assets in the Investment portfolio and within this will always maintain unrestricted funds at a level that equates to approximately one year of unrestricted charitable expenditure by the Charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • 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 30/09/2022 (received 03/10/2023, 65 days after the 30/07/2023 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: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£111k£121k
30/09/2024£139k£176k
30/09/2023£163k£119k
30/09/2022£285k£300k
05/04/2021£91k£144k

Common questions

Is THE PEWTERERS' SEAHORSE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £21,173, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining unrestricted funds at a level equating to approximately one year of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity's total assets are primarily held in investment portfolios valued at £3,201,773, with no restricted or endowment funds reported. 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 CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAVIORS' CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PEWTERERS' SEAHORSE CHARITABLE TRUST£111k—0below—no doubt
THE PAVIORS' CHARITY FY2026£180k——unclear—no doubt
THE CHARLES PEEL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAULINE AND HAROLD BERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TUDOR PRITCHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt

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