THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1001981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PETRONELLA KEELING CHARITABLE TRUST

Makes grants to organisations (inc schools, charities etc)

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£363k

Latest spending

£312k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £298,387, supported by an excess of receipts over payments of £74,590. The trustees confirm they have preserved capital by retaining proceeds from income-producing assets and distributing the balance of income after expenses. Cash funds at the year-end totaled £324,598, up from £250,008 in the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: preserve capital by retaining and reinvesting the proceeds from any income producing assets and to distribute each year the balance of income arising after provision for all known revenue expenses (reserves figure: £298k)

“The trustees’ policy is to preserve capital by retaining and reinvesting the proceeds from any income producing assets and to distribute each year the balance of income arising after provision for all known revenue expenses.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW PIERS SYMONS KEELING
RACHEL PETRONELLA KEELING
Roger Anthony Luke Keeling

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	£363k	£312k
05/04/2024	£178k	£197k
05/04/2023	£177k	£1.1m
05/04/2022	£56k	£400k
05/04/2021	£159k	£136k

Common questions

Is THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £298,387, supported by an excess of receipts over payments of £74,590. The trustees confirm they have preserved capital by retaining proceeds from income-producing assets and distributing the balance of income after expenses. Cash funds at the year-end totaled £324,598, up from £250,008 in the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

THE WILLAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £35k
THE WELWYN HATFIELD FOYER CHARITABLE TRUST income £63k
PEGGY WILSON CHARITABLE WILL TRUST income £32k
WILDBROOK CHARITABLE TRUST income £27k
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £398k
THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £40k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST	£363k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WELWYN HATFIELD FOYER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£63k	—	above	—	no doubt
PEGGY WILSON CHARITABLE WILL TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILDBROOK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£398k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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