THE TRUEMARK TRUST

Registered charity 265855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRUEMARK

The Trust continues to make donations to small local Charities dealing with all kinds of disadvantage, with preferences to neighbourhood based community projects and for innovatory work with less popular groups.In the year ending April 2018 £458,000 was made available to 114 Registered Charities.

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Latest income
£868k
Latest spending
£924k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £17,795,301, representing a decrease from the previous year's total of £17,845,360 due to net resource expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty. The charity is an endowed trust with no fundraising appeals, relying on investment and property income to fund grants and administrative costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Branston Adams. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£868k
Total spending
£924k
Reserves (reported)
£17.7m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~230.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£868k£924k
05/04/2024£631k£691k
05/04/2023£707k£689k
05/04/2022£675k£541k
05/04/2021£674k£533k

Common questions

Is THE TRUEMARK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £17,795,301, representing a decrease from the previous year's total of £17,845,360 due to net resource expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty. The charity is an endowed trust with no fundraising appeals, relying on investment and property income to fund grants and administrative costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Branston Adams.

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 GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£10.0m
TACKLE AFRICA1£61k
ADENFIRST LIMITED1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUEMART LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TRUEMARK TRUST£868k—0unclear—no doubt
TRUEMART LIMITED FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
The Marks Family Charitable Trust FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST FY2025£3.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£350k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

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