THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 265824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MAINTAIN OLD PEOPLES HOME AT BLEDLOW AND MAKE DONATIONS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES

Objects

SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH SHARES) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£143k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,894,919 against a policy to maintain sufficient cash to meet its grant programme. Total incoming resources were £119,954, while total resources expended were £139,610, resulting in a net movement in funds of £95,610 after investment gains and losses. The trustees consider the outcome of donations made (£64,047) to be satisfactory.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves are available to enable the Trust to meet its programme of grants (held: £5.9m)

“It is the policy of the Trust to maintain reserves so that the charity is in a position to absorb setbacks and take advantage of change and opportunities.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Accountancy fees payable to former trustee

“The accounts include a provision for accountancy fees of £800 (2024- £2,100) payable to J A Cloke (former trustee) for accountancy services.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

LORD CARRINGTONchair
Robert Peter Flavio Carington
THE HON VIRGINIA CARINGTON

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£115k	£143k
05/04/2025	£120k	£140k
05/04/2024	£127k	£144k
05/04/2023	£119k	£170k
05/04/2022	£96k	£152k

Common questions

Is THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,894,919 against a policy to maintain sufficient cash to meet its grant programme. Total incoming resources were £119,954, while total resources expended were £139,610, resulting in a net movement in funds of £95,610 after investment gains and losses. The trustees consider the outcome of donations made (£64,047) to be satisfactory. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
CARTREF NI LIMITED income £5.5m
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST income £183k
DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CARTREF NI LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025	£183k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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