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THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST

Registered charity 273336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity distributes its annual income by way of grants or loans to individuals, schools, clubs and other organisations living or operating in LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY to support need in education, training, health, disability, the arts, sport and recreation.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trust made a surplus in the year and holds unrestricted free reserves of £273,011, which the trustees consider adequate to meet anticipated expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the trust is in a healthy financial position despite monitoring global market risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level to meet the anticipated grant applications and governance costs in the period up to the receipts of significant income from investments and grants (held: £273k)
“Under the reserves policy of the trust, the trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level to meet the anticipated grant applications and governance costs in the period up to the receipts of significant income from investments and grants.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Letchworth Housing Investments Limited
“The unlisted investments represent the charitable company's shareholding in Letchworth Housing Investments Limited, a company registered in England (Registered number 07128548)” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LETCHWORTH HOUSING INVESTMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Hertfordshire

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    30/06/2025£129k£97k
    30/06/2024£120k£103k
    30/06/2023£107k£77k
    30/06/2022£110k£95k
    30/06/2021£101k£80k

    Common questions

    Is THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the trust made a surplus in the year and holds unrestricted free reserves of £273,011, which the trustees consider adequate to meet anticipated expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the trust is in a healthy financial position despite monitoring global market risks. Its FY2025 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.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    THE GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT1£4.5m
    COLLEGE ESTATE ENDOWMENT1£2.0m
    OSMANI TRUST1£96k
    THE ESSEX AND SOUTHEND SPORTS TRUST1£50k
    The Portal Trust1£40k
    The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited1£20k
    BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£15k
    BEIS KOSOV1£2k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY PROJECT.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST£129k—0above—no doubt
    LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£163k—0unclear—no doubt
    LETCHWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£90k£14,8900unclear—noted
    HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
    STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST FY2024£4.0m£90,001 - £100,0002unclear—no doubt
    LEYTON ORIENT TRUST FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt

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