THE GLYNDE PLACE CHARITABLE TRUST (1974)

Registered charity 267290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This is a grant making charity which aims to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year to registered charities

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPOINT.

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.

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Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£17k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £530,771, which is significantly higher than the stated policy target of retaining only sufficient reserves to respond to urgent appeals. The charity employs no staff and relies on donated professional services and investment income to fund its charitable grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to be able to respond expeditiously and when appropriated to urgent appeals (held: £531k)
“It is the trustees’ policy to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year and to retain as a reserve only sufficient to be able to respond expeditiously and when appropriated to urgent appeals.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states services are provided by Glynde Endowment Settlement Trust, trading as Glynde Estates. One trustee, Caroline Hampden, is a joint Trustee of the Glynde Endowment Settlement. The value is £1,500.
“Secretarial, accountancy and tax services are provided free of charge by the Glynde Endowment Settlement Trust, trading as Glynde Estates, via an employee of the Trust. One of the Trustees, Caroline Hampden, is also a joint Trustee of the Glynde Endowment Settlement. The value of the services has been estimated at £1,500” — page 2
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£26k£17k
05/04/2024£23k£42k
05/04/2023£23k£5k
05/04/2022£25k£23k
05/04/2021£25k£14k

Common questions

Is THE GLYNDE PLACE CHARITABLE TRUST (1974) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £530,771, which is significantly higher than the stated policy target of retaining only sufficient reserves to respond to urgent appeals. The charity employs no staff and relies on donated professional services and investment income to fund its charitable grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.