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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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE GARDEN CITY OF LETCHWORTH AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Area of benefit: THE GARDEN CITY OF LETCHWORTH

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

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

Registered contact address: North Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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
    CRH CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
    THE FITZWILLIAM WENTWORTH AMENITY TRUST1£11k
    THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST1£8k

    Charities like this

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

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST£129k—0above—no doubt
    THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
    LONGWOOD GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) FY2025£339k—0above—no doubt
    THE LOSELEY AND GUILDWAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
    CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
    LETCHWORTH EDUCATIONAL SETTLEMENT FY2025£385k—0unclear—no doubt

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