THE PRATT GREEN TRUST

Registered charity 290556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of hymnody by way of prizes, scholarships, bursaries, and other grants to musicians concerned with the composition and rendering of religious music and for hymn writers.

Objects

I. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF CHURCH MUSIC AND OTHER MUSIC SUITABLE FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES AND IN THE FIELD OF HYMNODY. II. TO PROVIDE PRIZES SCHOLARSHIPS BURSERIES AND OTHER GRANTS FOR CHURCH MUSICIANS AND MUSICIANS CONCERNED WITH THE COMPOSITION AND RENDERING OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC AND FOR HYMN WRITERS. III. TO MAKE DONATIONS TO (II) OR OTHERWISE FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF OTHER CHARITIES CARRYING ON IN WHOLE OR IN PART OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSE (I) AND (II) ABOVE.

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: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,625.16 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted funds to £7,144.50. The trustees disclosed serious anomalies in previous accounts requiring reconstruction and noted that a new reserves policy is under discussion. The charity remains solvent with cash at bank of £9,144.50 and no current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Royalties (52% of income)
“Royalties £13,345.26”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 10/02/2026, 10 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 29/03/2024 (received 30/01/2026, 366 days after the 29/01/2025 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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£36k
29/03/2024£40k£43k
29/03/2023£36k£17k
29/03/2022£25k£19k
29/03/2021£29k£26k

Common questions

Is THE PRATT GREEN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,625.16 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted funds to £7,144.50. The trustees disclosed serious anomalies in previous accounts requiring reconstruction and noted that a new reserves policy is under discussion. The charity remains solvent with cash at bank of £9,144.50 and no current liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PRATT GREEN TRUST£26k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST FY2025£114k——unclear—no doubt
THE GB TRUST FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£700k—0above—no doubt
THE FINTRY TRUST FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARGARET ENGERING MUSIC TRUST FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt

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