The Plymouth Astor Trust (VHS)

Registered charity 1000972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VHS, VIRGINIA HOUSE, VIRGINIA HOUSE SETTLEMENT

Helping local community by supporting through grants small local charities with compatible aims and objectives and also assisting by providing facilities and resources

Objects

FOR ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SUTTON WARD OF PLYMOUTH IN PARTICULAR AND THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH IN GENERAL WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: PLYMOUTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £816,910 (including revaluation reserve) against total net assets of £1,464,289. The trustees report that the financial position has improved, with investment portfolios generating income to fund grants and bursaries, and no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bethany Grace Warne
• COUNCILLOR PHILIP RICHARD SANDERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chris Robinson
• DR TONY GILBERT
• Jessica Randall
• Meghan Potts

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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