THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 293979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As set out in classification

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES IN SUCH SHARES AND PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DESCRETION THINK FIT.

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.

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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
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.

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
MENPHYS LIMITED1£45k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST£279k—0above—no doubt
THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£58k—0above—no doubt
CHURCH ESTATE FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
O'HEA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£0—0unclear—no doubt

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