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THE ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS GAUNTLET TRUST

Registered charity 279204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GAUNTLET TRUST

The Trustees make a number of individual small grants in support of education, materials science and general charitable purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£685k
Latest spending
£319k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The provided document consists of the trustee details and the independent auditor's report for the Armourers & Brasiers' Gauntlet Trust for the year ending 31 March 2024. It confirms that HaysMac LLP conducted an independent audit and issued a report to the trustees, but it does not contain financial statements, reserves figures, or income/expenditure data necessary to assess financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Governance: No serious governance matters explicitly stated in the provided text.
“This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£685k
Total spending
£319k
Cost of raising funds
£36k
Reserves (reported)
£311k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£685k£319k
31/03/2024£394k£398k
31/03/2023£436k£342k
31/03/2022£362k£401k
31/03/2021£367k£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS GAUNTLET TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The provided document consists of the trustee details and the independent auditor's report for the Armourers & Brasiers' Gauntlet Trust for the year ending 31 March 2024. It confirms that HaysMac LLP conducted an independent audit and issued a report to the trustees, but it does not contain financial statements, reserves figures, or income/expenditure data necessary to assess financial health. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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 ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND1£110k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS GAUNTLET TRUST£685k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHELTENHAM TRUST FY2025£8.3m—0unclear—no doubt
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION FY2025£757k——below—no doubt
THE MANIFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£735k—0unclear—no doubt
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
HAJI ABDUL GHANI TRUST FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt

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