THE VENTURE TRUST

Registered charity 285891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VENTURE TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC038932 (OSCR)

Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

1983

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£98k

Reserves (reported)

£47k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Barry Sillerschair
Hugh Robert McGregor
Leigh-Ann Plenderleith
Neil McMillan
Nicholas Leitch
Rachel Marguerite David
William Stephen

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/03/2024	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£2.4m	£2.7m
31/03/2022	£2.8m	£2.7m
31/03/2021	£2.7m	£2.6m

Common questions

Who funds THE VENTURE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE VENTURE TRUST as a grant recipient include IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, The Crerar Family Trust, Q CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£506k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£50k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£38k
The Crerar Family Trust	FY2023	£10k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/10/2022	£90k	"Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/08/2020	£83k	"COVID19 Venture Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/03/2019	£80k	"Understanding Our Place in Time: Women at risk of offending discovering their place in heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/05/2016	£50k	"Tracking the Highland Drovers Â– Young Carers Exploring the History and Heritage of Drovers' Routes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/12/2013	£30k	"The Lowland Clearances - young carers explore Scotland's silent revolution"