THE LUSHTRUST

Registered charity 306216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAFTESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION, SHAFTESBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

GRANT FUNDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS OF SHAFTESBURY SCHOOL, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET WHO ARE AGED UNDER 25.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£107k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £3,096,480 to £3,109,897, driven by a net income of £13,417 after charitable expenditure of £47,406. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of over £3.1 million against total incoming resources of £106,963. Per the trustees' report, the charity is an unincorporated entity with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Howard John Parfittchair
Timothy Adam Hall
Timothy Algernon Clement Page · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£107k	£47k
05/04/2024	£92k	£74k
05/04/2023	£97k	£41k
05/04/2022	£70k	£34k
05/04/2021	£73k	£91k

Common questions

Is THE LUSHTRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £3,096,480 to £3,109,897, driven by a net income of £13,417 after charitable expenditure of £47,406. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of over £3.1 million against total incoming resources of £106,963. Per the trustees' report, the charity is an unincorporated entity with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.1m
BACON FOUNDATION LTD	1	£1.0m
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £11.0m
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £506k
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £7.2m
ST. PHILOMENA'S CARSHALTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £140k
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
THE SHAFTESBURY CHRISTIAN TRUST income £179k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LUSHTRUST	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£11.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£506k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£7.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ST. PHILOMENA'S CARSHALTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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