ASHENDENE TRUST

Registered charity 270749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PUSEY GARDEN TRUST

Grant giving in areas listed in all of categories listed in para A13. Tend towards smaller charities & core funding not buildings, individuals.

Objects

UPON SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE AND UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF TRUST DEED)

Area of benefit: PUSEY

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £1,106,111, comprising £18,419 in unrestricted funds and £1,087,692 in restricted funds. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, a target they consider has been met throughout the year. The charity generated a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing from £3,945 to £18,419.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months expenditure (reserves figure: £18k)
“It is the policy of the Trust that funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 17. Related party transactions
“During the year the charity made a donation of £5,000 (2024 - £5,000) to the The Barn Theatre Project, which has a common trustee, Mr Hornby.” — page 22
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.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 07/11/2024, 276 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: Gloucestershire · Throughout London · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£44k£30k
05/04/2024£52k£49k
05/04/2023£50k£72k
05/04/2022£38k£72k
05/04/2021£34k£61k

Common questions

Is ASHENDENE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £1,106,111, comprising £18,419 in unrestricted funds and £1,087,692 in restricted funds. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, a target they consider has been met throughout the year. The charity generated a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing from £3,945 to £18,419. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHENDENE TRUST£44k—0above—no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
BELVEDERE TRUST FY2025£773k—0above—no doubt
ARBUTHNOTT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH ESTATE FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
AMBERGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt

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