THE A M FENTON TRUST

Registered charity 270353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A M Fenton Trust focuses on charities based in the north of England.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£225k

Latest spending

£223k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,309,630, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining reserves to generate income for charitable purposes. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £81,353, driven by investment gains, and confirmed that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations with no plans to change activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum level that enables investments to be made that generate sufficient income to cover resources expended in the year (held: £7.3m)

“The trustees have agreed that The A M Fenton Trust should aim to maintain unrestricted reserves at a minimum level that enables investments to be made that generate sufficient income to cover resources expended in the year.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lithgow Perkins LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Annalisa Fenton
C J FENTON

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£225k	£223k
31/12/2023	£218k	£265k
31/12/2022	£217k	£270k
31/12/2021	£198k	£217k
31/12/2020	£195k	£281k

Common questions

Is THE A M FENTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,309,630, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining reserves to generate income for charitable purposes. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £81,353, driven by investment gains, and confirmed that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations with no plans to change activities. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Lithgow Perkins LLP.

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
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	1	£220k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£97k
GOWER STREET	1	£24k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE FENTON ARTS TRUST income £182k
THE AMAR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £331k
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
The Movements Trust Limited income £631k
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.4m
THE FITZWILLIAM WENTWORTH AMENITY TRUST income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE A M FENTON TRUST	£225k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AMAR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£331k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Movements Trust Limited FY2024	£631k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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