THE THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1003013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make charitable contributions for any purposes recognised as charitable by English Law. The Charity particularly supports lesser known charities, people and organisations in the field of medicine, welfare and education.

Objects

FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £868,509 to £799,047 due to a net movement in funds of £69,462, driven largely by investment losses. The trustees consider the remaining unrestricted funds sufficient to sustain operations if income-generating activities were curtailed. The charity made donations totaling £26,309 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to sustain its operations should income generating activities be curtailed unexpectedly over the forthcoming year (held: £799k)

“The trustees consider that the unrestricted funds totalling £799,047 (2024: £868,509) are sufficient to sustain its operations should income generating activities be curtailed unexpectedly over the forthcoming year.” — 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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

MR T P THOMPSONchair
MRS J M THOMPSON

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	£26k	£35k
05/04/2024	£28k	£20k
05/04/2023	£49k	£28k
05/04/2022	£22k	£28k
05/04/2021	£27k	£30k

Common questions

Is THE THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £868,509 to £799,047 due to a net movement in funds of £69,462, driven largely by investment losses. The trustees consider the remaining unrestricted funds sufficient to sustain operations if income-generating activities were curtailed. The charity made donations totaling £26,309 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £6.3m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY FOUNDATION income £32k
THE MOSSELSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £46k
EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND income £34k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £5.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST	£26k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£6.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MOSSELSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£99k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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