THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 268321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is a privately funded grant-making charity. It issues no appeals for funding.

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Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £619,372 for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven by investment income and gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £7,432,009, and the trustees confirmed sufficient liquid assets to meet liabilities over the next 12 months with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (87% of income)

“Dividend income from listed investments 137,055”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: match income and expenditure over time (held: £7.4m)

“the trustees' policy being to match income and expenditure over time.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON · trustee of 6 other charities
THE HON WYNDHAM GEORGE PLUMPTRE · trustee of 1 other charity
Terence James Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£153k	£212k
31/10/2024	£157k	£148k
31/10/2023	£183k	£142k
31/10/2022	£169k	£160k
31/10/2021	£187k	£152k

Common questions

Is THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £619,372 for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven by investment income and gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £7,432,009, and the trustees confirmed sufficient liquid assets to meet liabilities over the next 12 months with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 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 TRUST	1	£5k
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GODINTON HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST.

THE GODINTON HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.3m
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
GJPS TRUST FUND income £349k
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £150k
THE GITTA TANGYE TRUST income £4.5m
GENERATIONS OF GOD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL UK income £273k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GODINTON HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GJPS TRUST FUND FY2025	£349k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GITTA TANGYE TRUST FY2024	£4.5m	—	above	—	no doubt

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