THE DESMOND MOLINS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1003519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GENERAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Objects

TO SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS BODIES OR FUNDS OR FOR SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES(AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH SHARES) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £696,897, held as a wholly unrestricted General Fund. The trustees note that this reserve equates very closely to the value of the charity's investment portfolio. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £7,166 for the year, primarily due to unrealized investment losses.

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.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gary Hicks
• Judith Elizabeth Millar

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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