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THE ALMOND TRUST

Registered charity 328583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust's primary aim is the support of evangelical Christian projects, Christian evangelism and the advancement of the translation, reading,study and teaching of the Bible. It fulfils this aim by the making of donations for these purposes to institutions or individuals.

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Latest income
£847k
Latest spending
£616k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,817,280, which is above the stated policy target of zero as the Trust has no binding commitments to future expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year with sufficient cash and investment assets to meet its liabilities, and the trustees confirmed no material going concern uncertainties exist.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“There was no expenditure on fundraising or publicity.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: no binding commitment to incur expenditure in the future and has no overheads (held: £1.8m)
“The Trust has no need to create reserves as it has no binding commitment to incur expenditure in the future and has no overheads.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees
“During the year donations totalling £812,500 (including gift aid) (2024: £781,250) were received from the trustees.” — page 12
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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£847k
Total spending
£616k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~35.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£847k£616k
31/03/2024£807k£529k
31/03/2023£727k£354k
31/03/2022£657k£311k
31/03/2021£438k£350k

Common questions

Is THE ALMOND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,817,280, which is above the stated policy target of zero as the Trust has no binding commitments to future expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year with sufficient cash and investment assets to meet its liabilities, and the trustees confirmed no material going concern uncertainties exist. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST1£127k
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST1£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JUDE, SOUTHSEA1£10k
PORTSWOOD CHURCH1£6k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CANFORD MAGNA1£2k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, STEVENAGE1£138

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALDER TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALMOND TRUST£847k—0unclear0.0%no doubt
ALDER TRUST FY2025£264k—0unclear—no doubt
ALAN BOSWELL GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£652k—0above—no doubt
THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LINCOLN DIOCESAN TRUST AND BOARD OF FINANCE LTD FY2024£11.1m——below—no doubt
CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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