THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 268346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to individuals and organisations

Objects

SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FRO TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£112k
Latest spending
£104k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £3,238,658 to £3,108,404 due to investment losses, despite a surplus on income. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding a minimum bank balance of £6,000 and intend to expend income year on year rather than accumulate reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Note 14
“Fees totalling £11,887 (2024: £17,629) have been paid to Forsters LLP Solicitors, of which R Mead, a trust administrator, is a partner.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£112k£104k
05/04/2024£100k£106k
05/04/2023£91k£107k
05/04/2022£74k£91k
05/04/2021£67k£87k

Common questions

Is THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £3,238,658 to £3,108,404 due to investment losses, despite a surplus on income. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding a minimum bank balance of £6,000 and intend to expend income year on year rather than accumulate reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARTLETT TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST£112k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARTLETT TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£96k—0above—no doubt
THE ARCHER TRUST FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOLDERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£287k—0unclear—no doubt
G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARRIET BURTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt

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