THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 803380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £2,333,451 to £1,687,594 due to expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds £1,527,345 in investments and £157,430 in cash, with no disclosed borrowing or pension deficits.

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 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

DANIEL PARNES
KAREN GOLANSKI
MR T SHAW
NICKY PARNES
STEVEN ANTHONY PARNES

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	£117k	£102k
05/04/2024	£145k	£72k
05/04/2023	£139k	£137k
05/04/2022	£138k	£115k
05/04/2021	£118k	£160k

Common questions

Is THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £2,333,451 to £1,687,594 due to expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds £1,527,345 in investments and £157,430 in cash, with no disclosed borrowing or pension deficits. 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
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	1	£6k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£2k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

RAVENSIDE TRUST income £458k
RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £200k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST income £110k
RUDOLF STEINER PRESS income £243k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST	£117k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAVENSIDE TRUST FY2025	£458k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£200k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£110k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RUDOLF STEINER PRESS FY2025	£243k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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