BUNTINGFORD RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY

Registered charity 262264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENRY SKYNNER'S CHARITY AND OTHERS

RELIEVING, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BUNTINGFORD, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO RELIEVE SUCH CONDITIONS.

Objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BUNTINGFORD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BUNTINGFORD

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £26,214.82 during the year, with unrestricted reserves carried forward at £133,079.29. The charity generated £61,639.13 in rental income and spent £24,554.42 on property improvements, repairs, and insurance. The independent examiner reported no anomalies or issues found in the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures

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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 1

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 31/12/2022 (received 19/04/2024, 171 days after the 31/10/2023 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

STANLEY BULLchair
Graham Bonner · trustee of 2 other charities
Peter Nigel Hay
Rev Kirsty Anne Wainwright · trustee of 1 other charity
Teresa Bonner
VERONICA EASLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£64k	£39k
31/12/2024	£58k	£27k
31/12/2023	£64k	£43k
31/12/2022	£208k	£177k
31/12/2021	£51k	£43k

Common questions

Is BUNTINGFORD RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by £26,214.82 during the year, with unrestricted reserves carried forward at £133,079.29. The charity generated £61,639.13 in rental income and spent £24,554.42 on property improvements, repairs, and insurance. The independent examiner reported no anomalies or issues found in the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/08/1999	£18k	"Buntingford Clockhouse - Restoration"

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 Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

BENSTED'S CHARITY income £39k
HIGH HALSTOW RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £46k
WARWICK RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £268k
CHARITY ESTATE income £32k
THE CHARITY OF SIR THOMAS AND LADY KYTSON income £44k
KENNINGTON PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £33k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUNTINGFORD RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY	£64k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BENSTED'S CHARITY FY2025	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGH HALSTOW RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WARWICK RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£268k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHARITY ESTATE FY2025	£32k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARITY OF SIR THOMAS AND LADY KYTSON FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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