The Whinfell Charitable Fund

Registered charity 267333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P LEIGH-BRAMWELL TRUST 'E'

The trustees operate a grant-making policy providing funds for such charitable institutions or objects as the trustees think fit.

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Latest income

£395k

Latest spending

£188k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £312,249 for the year ended 31 January 2023, driven by a significant loss on investments of £305,125. Total unrestricted funds decreased from £6,424,871 to £6,112,622, with the trustees stating that reserves remain satisfactory to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: satisfactory taking into account the future needs and objectives of the charity (held: £6.1m)

“The Trustees consider that the level of reserves held at 31 January 2023 to be satisfactory taking into account the future needs and objectives of the charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Katherine Anne Leigh Duff
Sarah Elizabeth Clifford Bowles

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£395k	£188k
31/01/2024	£138k	£184k
31/01/2023	£110k	£117k
31/01/2022	£99k	£114k
31/01/2021	£85k	£90k

Common questions

Is The Whinfell Charitable Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £312,249 for the year ended 31 January 2023, driven by a significant loss on investments of £305,125. Total unrestricted funds decreased from £6,424,871 to £6,112,622, with the trustees stating that reserves remain satisfactory to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 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
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£90k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Trust Foundation.

The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £222k
WYCHVILLE LIMITED income £689k
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £608k
BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES income £941k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Whinfell Charitable Fund	£395k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2024	£3.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£222k	—	above	—	no doubt
WYCHVILLE LIMITED FY2023	£689k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£608k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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