KNEBWORTH VILLAGE TRUST

Registered charity 297228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charitable Trust for the benefit of organisations operating within the parish of Knebworth. The Knebworth Village Trust does not offer grants to national organisations unless they can prove that all the beneficiaries of a particular project reside within the parish of Knebworth (NB not the SG3 postcode area which is wider than the parish).

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF KNEBWORTH.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF KNEBWORTH

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £784,359, recovering above the 2021 value of £700,635. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to retain a fund capable of providing sufficient annual income to meet charitable objectives and continue as a viable entity for the foreseeable future. The fund value was 69% of the original value measured in real terms at year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain a fund capable of providing sufficient annual income to meet the charitable objectives so that the Trust may continue as a viable entity for the foreseeable future (held: £784k)

“The reserves policy of the Trust is to retain a fund capable of providing sufficient annual income to meet the charitable objectives so that the Trust may continue as a viable entity for the foreseeable future.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Stuart Biddlechair
Alexander Hurwitz
BRIAN WORTHINGTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr ELLA AIDOO
Jason Walker
Lisa Nash
PENNY PARR
Paul Ward
Rev Charles Edward Bruce King · trustee of 2 other charities
Roger Willcocks
SARAH HAMMOND WARD
Simmerjit Bains
Stephen Hamid

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37k	£24k
31/12/2024	£34k	£18k
31/12/2023	£30k	£17k
31/12/2022	£25k	£13k
31/12/2021	£27k	£40k

Common questions

Is KNEBWORTH VILLAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £784,359, recovering above the 2021 value of £700,635. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to retain a fund capable of providing sufficient annual income to meet charitable objectives and continue as a viable entity for the foreseeable future. The fund value was 69% of the original value measured in real terms at year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.