THE PRIMROSE TRUST

Registered charity 800049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principle objectives of the Trust are to make donations and grants to such charitable institutions or authorities in such a manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit

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

Latest income

£121k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,037,358.90, a decrease from the previous year's £5,213,093.35 due to a net outgoing of £175,734.45. The charity's investment portfolio, valued at £4,733,825, generated sufficient income to cover grants and administrative costs, though expenditure exceeded incoming resources for the year. The trustees confirm the charity is well-placed to manage its business successfully and continue on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

MALCOLM GORDON CLARK
SUSAN MARIE BOYES-KORKIS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£121k	£145k
05/04/2024	£144k	£156k
05/04/2023	£144k	£161k
05/04/2022	£132k	£160k
05/04/2021	£119k	£146k

Common questions

Is THE PRIMROSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,037,358.90, a decrease from the previous year's £5,213,093.35 due to a net outgoing of £175,734.45. The charity's investment portfolio, valued at £4,733,825, generated sufficient income to cover grants and administrative costs, though expenditure exceeded incoming resources for the year. The trustees confirm the charity is well-placed to manage its business successfully and continue on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PRIMROSE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PRIMROSE TRUST as a grant recipient include BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Voluntary income

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
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
M AND M FOUNDATION	1	£30k
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£25k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
THE BLANES TRUST income £112k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST income £115k
The Rockspring Charitable Trust income £1.5m
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST income £278k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PRIMROSE TRUST	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLANES TRUST FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Rockspring Charitable Trust FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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