THE HARRIET BURTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 283219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants are normally made to cover health, arts, education and social needs, preference being given to any institutions assisting in the welfare or care of children. Donations to individuals will not be considered. Unsuccessful appeals will not necessarily be acknowledged.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES ASSOCIATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £25,408 to £1,185,403, driven by a net decrease in investment value despite realized gains. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,185,403, which the trustees confirm are adequate to meet liabilities and cover twelve months of administrative expenditure as per their reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 20/10/2025, 257 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 20/10/2025, 623 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 18/05/2023, 102 days after the 05/02/2023 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

• LADY COATESchair
• SIMON PAUL BURTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE M T AND S D BURTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

• THE M T AND S D BURTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £78k
• THE ARNOLD BURTON 1998 CHARITABLE TRUST income £159k
• THE BARTLETT TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £96k
• THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £112k
• G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £26k
• MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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