THE SELWOOD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 265974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main activity was providing the premises known as Minstead Lodge, nr Lyndhurst, Hampshire, this premises was donated to Minstead Trust during the year 2017/2018. Its' main activity now of a grant making charity providing funds to a wide range of charities and organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£193k

Latest spending

£171k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £6,112,583, comprising a capital fund of £1,839,765 and an income fund of £4,272,818. The trustees report a net incoming resource of £22,229 for the year, noting that future income is derived from investments and rental. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TIMOTHY JOHN SELWOODchair
Kim Marie Lazarou
LORNA ANNE SELWOOD
Peter Graham Stone
SIMON PAUL SELWOOD

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£193k	£171k
05/04/2024	£173k	£131k
05/04/2023	£116k	£93k
05/04/2022	£118k	£159k
05/04/2021	£108k	£305k

Common questions

Is THE SELWOOD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £6,112,583, comprising a capital fund of £1,839,765 and an income fund of £4,272,818. The trustees report a net incoming resource of £22,229 for the year, noting that future income is derived from investments and rental. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. 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
MJB CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£145k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£120k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£75k
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATION	1	£69k
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION	1	£65k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£60k
SIDMOUTH VICTORIA HOSPITAL COMFORTS FUND	1	£51k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£35k

Charities like this

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

MINSTEAD TRUST income £8.7m
SELWOOD HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED income £60.5m
JOHN BRISTOW AND THOMAS MASON TRUST income £107k
STANSTEAD LODGE SENIOR CLUB LTD income £132k
THE LUSHTRUST income £107k
WOODLEY SANDFORD AND CHARVIL CHARITABLE TRUST income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SELWOOD CHARITABLE TRUST	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MINSTEAD TRUST FY2025	£8.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SELWOOD HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£60.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN BRISTOW AND THOMAS MASON TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STANSTEAD LODGE SENIOR CLUB LTD FY2026	£132k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LUSHTRUST FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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