THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£226k

Latest spending

£586k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £2,165,746 to £1,805,542 due to net outgoing resources of £360,204. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves relative to its annual expenditure, with a fund balance of £1,805,542 against a net expenditure of £360,204. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources will be available to meet planned charitable expenditure (held: £1.8m)

“The trustees monitor reserves to ensure that sufficient resources will be available to meet planned charitable expenditure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Total income

£691k

Total spending

£873k

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~29.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Chloe Louise Cave
DAVID PHILIP ENSELL · trustee of 3 other charities
John Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark David Leinster
Michael Brown · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£226k	£586k
05/04/2024	£691k	£873k
05/04/2023	£1.0m	£548k
05/04/2022	£833k	£358k
05/04/2021	£16k	£349k

Common questions

Is THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £2,165,746 to £1,805,542 due to net outgoing resources of £360,204. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves relative to its annual expenditure, with a fund balance of £1,805,542 against a net expenditure of £360,204. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. 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
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST income £223k
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST income £764k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
As-Siraj Trust income £807k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST income £780k
THE N SMITH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £140k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST FY2025	£764k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025	£807k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£780k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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