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THE BENTLEY WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 288749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Forestry managed for conservation, timber production, amenity and public access.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£342k
Latest spending
£234k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are considered sound by the trustees, with total funds increasing from £3.4m to £3.5m over the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £345,824, which are below the stated strategic reserve target of £1.7m, though the overall net assets remain robust due to significant endowment investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1.7M (held: £346k)
“The Trustees have therefore increased the target from £1.2M to £1.7M.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£342k£234k
31/03/2024£295k£235k
31/03/2023£201k£170k
31/03/2022£140k£157k
31/03/2021£270k£171k

Common questions

Is THE BENTLEY WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances are considered sound by the trustees, with total funds increasing from £3.4m to £3.5m over the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £345,824, which are below the stated strategic reserve target of £1.7m, though the overall net assets remain robust due to significant endowment investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2019£447EAFRD - RD Measure 10 EXQ funded
UK government01/04/2018£2kEAFRD - RD Measure 10
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/10/2000£63k"Draining Field"

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 NORTHWICK TRUST2£52k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST2£12k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST2£7k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1—
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST1—
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£2.4m
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£799k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£742k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOODLANDS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BENTLEY WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST£342k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS TRUST FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
THE WOODLAND TRUST FY2025£89.4m——below17.3%no doubt
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£173k—0unclear—no doubt

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