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HENRY COLBORN (OR COLBRON)

Registered charity 310961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HENRY COLBRON FOUNDATION

Provide special benefits not normally provided by LEA for the Ashwell Country Primary School and promote education to children resident in the Parish of Ashwell

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Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£89k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,305, which the trustees state is in excess of their newly adopted policy target of £20,000. Total expenditure for the year was £142,262, funded by investment income of £95,197 and net investment gains of £295,221. The charity has no employees and conducts no fundraising activities, relying instead on investment returns and administrative services provided by a related party.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (100% of income)
“Total income and endowments 95,197” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £47k)
“The policy is to have £20,000 in free reserves (ie, liquid, unrestricted and undesignated funds), on the basis that this is roughly equivalent to 3 — 6 months’ expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£95k£89k
31/07/2024£98k£117k
31/07/2023£99k£89k
31/07/2022£101k£132k
31/07/2021£55k£27k

Common questions

Is HENRY COLBORN (OR COLBRON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,305, which the trustees state is in excess of their newly adopted policy target of £20,000. Total expenditure for the year was £142,262, funded by investment income of £95,197 and net investment gains of £295,221. The charity has no employees and conducts no fundraising activities, relying instead on investment returns and administrative services provided by a related party. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.