THE JAMES NEILL TRUST FUND

Registered charity 503203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To be applied for the welfare of James Neill employees and former employees and former employees and for such charitable purpose benefiting persons residing within 20 miles of Sheffield Cathedral as the trustees in their uncontrolled discretion shall from time to time decided.

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Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward are £1,483,258, comprising £1,441,213 in endowment funds and £42,045 in unrestricted funds. The Trustees consider the overall finances to be sound and note that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £2,650 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: prudent to hold income reserves of this order partly so that the level of grants in the immediate future can be sustained in the event of any unforeseen fall in income and partly to enable the Trustees to make one or more particularly substantial grants without prejudicing the normal pattern of grant making (held: £42k)

“The Trustees consider it to be prudent to hold income reserves of this order partly so that the level of grants in the immediate future can be sustained in the event of any unforeseen fall in income and partly to enable the Trustees to make one or more particularly substantial grants without prejudicing the normal pattern of grant making.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity paid £nil (2024: £2,000) to St Luke's Hospice of which Lady Neill DL is President.

“The charity paid £nil (2024: £2,000) to St Luke's Hospice of which Lady Neill DL is President.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Caroline Jane Lawrenson · trustee of 1 other charity
James Michael Gerard Neill ACA · trustee of 3 other charities
LADY NEILL DL · trustee of 4 other charities
NICHOLAS JAMES ANTHONY HUTTON MBE · trustee of 7 other charities
Penelope Mary Jewitt · trustee of 2 other charities
SARAH DOROTHY NEILL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£68k	£79k
31/03/2024	£65k	£69k
05/04/2023	£62k	£75k
05/04/2022	£58k	£63k
05/04/2021	£47k	£56k

Common questions

Is THE JAMES NEILL TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward are £1,483,258, comprising £1,441,213 in endowment funds and £42,045 in unrestricted funds. The Trustees consider the overall finances to be sound and note that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £2,650 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.