THE ANCASTER TRUST

Registered charity 270822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Funds of the Trust are to be applied for or towards such charitable purposes at suchtime or times and in such manner as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.The objectives are fulfilled by the Trustees through consideration of appeals and makinggrants or donations in response thereto.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£154k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held at the year-end were £4,118,661, representing a decrease from the previous year's £4,254,069 due to net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, and the going concern basis has been adopted. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £136,685 alongside an expendable endowment fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

BARONESS JANE WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Caroline Miller
PAUL ELDON FFITCH · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN SIMMONS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£131k	£154k
05/04/2024	£120k	£90k
05/04/2023	£111k	£102k
05/04/2022	£99k	£66k
05/04/2021	£90k	£79k

Common questions

Is THE ANCASTER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that total funds held at the year-end were £4,118,661, representing a decrease from the previous year's £4,254,069 due to net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, and the going concern basis has been adopted. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £136,685 alongside an expendable endowment fund. 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
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST income £278k
THE BLANES TRUST income £112k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST income £712k
The Grocott Family Foundation income £926k
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION income £162k
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Trust income £270k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ANCASTER TRUST	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£278k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLANES TRUST FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£712k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Grocott Family Foundation FY2025	£926k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025	£162k	—	above	—	no doubt

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