THE LETTON HALL TRUST

Registered charity 279817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LETTON HALL

Christian Conference Centre, owner occupier of Letton Hall, Norfolk.Provision of accommodation for groups in 2 separate units on a self catered or catered basisHosting of christian events including Bible Focus, Retreats and Single Parent family holidaysWelcoming church groups, youth groups, school groups from all parts of UK and overseas for education and spiritual welfare

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH EITHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS. 2. THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR EDUCATION. 3. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY DESIGNED FOR THE SPREAD OF SUCH CHRISTIAN FAITH. 4. THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY. 5. THE HELP AND COMFORT OF THE SICK AND AGED.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£404k

Latest spending

£483k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £79,474 for the year ended 31st December 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. While total funds decreased from £616,331 to £536,857, the Trustees' policy targets three months of unrestricted expenditure, against which the actual undesignated free reserves of £49,944 are considered below the stated target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: fees charged to the groups and individuals who attend the Conference Centre

“The principal funding source is from the fees charged to the groups and individuals who attend the Conference Centre.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 31st December 2025, there were unrestricted undesignated free reserves of £49,944 after taking account of fixed assets net of loans falling due within more than one year (2024: £70,952).” — page 4

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Ann Elizabeth Raynerchair
Steven Andrew Rayner · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Jonathan Hobday

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£404k	£483k
31/12/2024	£423k	£413k
31/12/2023	£360k	£389k
31/12/2022	£396k	£499k
31/12/2021	£359k	£346k

Common questions

Is THE LETTON HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £79,474 for the year ended 31st December 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. While total funds decreased from £616,331 to £536,857, the Trustees' policy targets three months of unrestricted expenditure, against which the actual undesignated free reserves of £49,944 are considered below the stated target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE LETTON HALL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LETTON HALL TRUST as a grant recipient include Country Houses Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Country Houses Foundation	FY2022	£24k	Repairs to the riding school at Deene Park

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	08/03/2021	£71k	CRF21: Letton Hall Trust
UK government	08/03/2021	£44k	CRF21: Letton Hall Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/05/2020	£26k	"COVID19: Letton Hall Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/10/2019	£38k	"Letton Hall: Creating a Resilient Future"

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
PBCC Properties UK	1	£50k
Advance Nottingham	1	£28k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£6k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	1	£1k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	1	£1k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LENTON MUSLIM CENTRE NOTTINGHAM.

LENTON MUSLIM CENTRE NOTTINGHAM income £54k
THE CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE TRUST income £11.4m
C3 NEWCASTLE income £102k
LYONSDOWN COMMUNITY TRUST income £127k
SEFTON GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £160k
LONG LEYS GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £247k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LETTON HALL TRUST	£404k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
LENTON MUSLIM CENTRE NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE TRUST FY2025	£11.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
C3 NEWCASTLE FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYONSDOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£127k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SEFTON GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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