BERKHAMSTED MARKET FUND

Registered charity 278458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKHAMSTED MARKET, MARKET HOUSE (PART)

Running of local community markets.

Objects

THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY BELONGING TO BERKHAMSTEAD TOWN HALL TRUST.

Area of benefit: BERKHAMSTED

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

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

Latest income
£51k
Latest spending
£6k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £44,515 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a decrease from the previous year's surplus. The trustees confirmed that no reserves are held as all surplus monies are transferred to the Berkhamsted Town Hall Trust. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“There is no policy with respect to reserves as all surplus monies are transferred to Berkhamsted Town Hall Trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

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 31/03/2023 (received 08/02/2024, 8 days after the 31/01/2024 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: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£51k£6k
31/03/2024£56k£6k
31/03/2023£59k£6k
31/03/2022£54k£6k
31/03/2021£42k£5k

Common questions

Is BERKHAMSTED MARKET FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £44,515 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a decrease from the previous year's surplus. The trustees confirmed that no reserves are held as all surplus monies are transferred to the Berkhamsted Town Hall Trust. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKHAMSTED TOWN HALL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERKHAMSTED MARKET FUND£51k—0below—no doubt
BERKHAMSTED TOWN HALL TRUST FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
BURMANTOFTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£961k—0unclear—no doubt
STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
ROMODHAM TRUST FY2025£53k——unclear—no doubt
THE GB TRUST FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt

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