BUILDING SOCIETIES TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 296726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance the education of the public in commercial and financial subjects with particular regard to money management, housing, home ownership and building society and related matters by providing facilities for such education, providing information and advice on such matters, conducting research and publishing the useful results of each research.

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Latest income

£138k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £181,293 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by net investment gains of £182,779 against charitable expenditure of £139,699. Total unrestricted funds increased to £4,230,954, with the majority held in investments valued at £4,140,306. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02110626

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HATTERSLEY, Stephanie — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
RAMDEEN, Darrin — director, appointed 16/12/2020on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Peter Richard, Dr — director, appointed 10/07/2019on trustee list
MARCH, Luke Henry Walter — director, appointed 06/07/2011on trustee list
MORTON, Julie Elaine — secretary, appointed 01/06/2021

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Darrin Ramdeen
Dr Peter Williams
LUKE HENRY MARCH
Stephanie Hattersley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£138k	£140k
31/12/2023	£129k	£92k
31/12/2022	£116k	£117k
31/12/2021	£107k	£130k
31/12/2020	£108k	£154k

Common questions

Is BUILDING SOCIETIES TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £181,293 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by net investment gains of £182,779 against charitable expenditure of £139,699. Total unrestricted funds increased to £4,230,954, with the majority held in investments valued at £4,140,306. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUILDING SOCIETIES TRUST LIMITED	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRADFORD YOUTHBUILD TRUST LTD FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024	£207k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
STUDENT UNION LETTINGS LIMITED FY2025	£1.8m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£843k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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