THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 293979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As set out in classification

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£279k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,916,485, derived from investment income of £278,916 and grants expenditure of £56,411. The trustees report a reserves policy focused on retaining financial stability while committing funds to charitable grants. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: safely commit as much as possible to charitable grants whilst retaining financial stability and the potential to respond to new opportunities (held: £5.9m)

“they have set a policy which reflects their wish to safely commit as much as possible to charitable grants whilst retaining financial stability and the potential to respond to new opportunities.” — page 5

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

LADY NINA BRACEWELL-SMITH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£279k	£56k
05/04/2024	£232k	£14k
05/04/2023	£125k	£14k
05/04/2022	£40k	£46k
05/04/2021	£55k	£46k

Common questions

Is THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,916,485, derived from investment income of £278,916 and grants expenditure of £56,411. The trustees report a reserves policy focused on retaining financial stability while committing funds to charitable grants. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE CAMERON CHARITABLE TRUST income £989k
ADENFIRST LIMITED income £547k
ZICHRON MOSHE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST income £119k
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST income £236k
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £398k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST	£279k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CAMERON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£989k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ADENFIRST LIMITED FY2025	£547k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ZICHRON MOSHE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£119k	—	below	—	no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£236k	—	above	—	no doubt

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