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DUCHESNE TRUST

Registered charity 288467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting charitable works and objects for the time being carried on or supported by the Society of the Sacred Heart Charitable Trust.

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Latest income
£5.4m
Latest spending
£142.0m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and transferred all net assets to a successor CIO on 31 March 2025, meaning the entity is no longer a going concern. Per the trustees' report, the free reserves (general funds) held by the successor CIO were €9m, which the trustees considered adequate but not excessive for its needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years' expenditure (held: £9.0m)
“The Trustees consider that, given the nature of the Charity’s work and that of its successor CIO and their commitments, the level of free reserves should be approximately two years’ expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£5.4m
Total spending
£142.0m
Cost of raising funds
£5.5m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · Chad · Chile · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Egypt · France

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.4m£142.0m
31/12/2023£6.6m£6.3m
31/12/2022£6.8m£5.7m
31/12/2021£14.6m£7.6m
31/12/2020£10.7m£6.1m

Common questions

Is DUCHESNE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and transferred all net assets to a successor CIO on 31 March 2025, meaning the entity is no longer a going concern. Per the trustees' report, the free reserves (general funds) held by the successor CIO were €9m, which the trustees considered adequate but not excessive for its needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited.

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 ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST1£7k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S CHURCH WESTHAMPNETT1£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST1£750
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FOREST ROW1£690
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE & ST DENIS (MIDHURST)1£633

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DUCHESNE TRUST£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO FY2025£2.4m—3below—no doubt
NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY FY2025£473k—0above—no doubt
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£260k—0unclear1.4%no doubt
TZDUKES YAKOV FY2025£118k—0above—no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt

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