THE A B GRACE TRUST

Registered charity 504332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity administers the trust set up by the will of Mrs A B Grace 13 July 1979. The beneficiaries are specifically named in the will. The charity cannot donate to any other good causes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£121k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,253,012, driven by a significant gain on the revaluation of investments. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £9,637 against a policy to maintain reserves to meet future needs, while the majority of assets are held in endowment funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustees aim to maintain the reserves of the Trust so as to ensure that income available to meet future needs is maintained. (held: £10k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain the reserves of the Trust so as to ensure that income available to meet future needs is maintained.” — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gordon Walker Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
James Ian Dickinson
Paul David Grimwood
Sandra Dorothy Walmsley

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£121k	£62k
31/12/2024	£100k	£73k
31/12/2023	£62k	£73k
31/12/2022	£49k	£54k
31/12/2021	£43k	£51k

Common questions

Is THE A B GRACE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,253,012, driven by a significant gain on the revaluation of investments. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £9,637 against a policy to maintain reserves to meet future needs, while the majority of assets are held in endowment funds. 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
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	1	£105k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£100k

Charities like this

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

ABG TRUST FUND income £178k
GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST income £8.8m
GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED income £226k
TENDER GRACE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £178k
THE ROBERT GRACE TRUST income £245k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE A B GRACE TRUST	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABG TRUST FUND FY2025	£178k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£8.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED FY2024	£226k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TENDER GRACE CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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