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The John Gurney Charitable Trust

Registered charity 285456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOHN GURNEY'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Latest income
£182k
Latest spending
£214k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £604,057 alongside significant investment assets valued at £7,184,734. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the Trust to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,391 for the year, driven by investment gains that offset operational deficits.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient income to be able to make charitable donations each year and to meet the trustees' normal administration and management costs (held: £604k)
“A fund of investments has been built up to provide sufficient income to be able to make charitable donations each year and to meet the trustees' normal administration and management costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Walsingham Estate Trading Limited, The Walsingham Estate Company
“Trustees, Mrs Priscilla Ann Meath Baker and Mr William John Clovis Meath Baker are directors in Walsingham Estate Management Limited and Walsingham Estate Trading Limited and directors and shareholders in its parent company The Walsingham Estate Company.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Corporate structure

Trustees

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£182k£214k
31/03/2024£182k£399k
31/03/2023£164k£139k
31/03/2022£152k£171k
31/03/2021£143k£305k

Common questions

Is The John Gurney Charitable Trust financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £604,057 alongside significant investment assets valued at £7,184,734. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the Trust to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,391 for the year, driven by investment gains that offset operational deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED1£5k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

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