A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1007307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A G MANLY TRUST, MANLY TRUST, THE MANLY TRUST

The primary (but not exclusive) objective of the A G Manly Charitable Trust is to provide financial assistance to further the science of engineering for the benefit of the public and to advance education in engineering, especially to young people. The Trustees are unlikely to consider projects outside the south-east of England.

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Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,380,013, which represents a decrease from the previous year's balance of £4,588,331 due to an unrealized investment loss. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has adopted the going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy is to distribute all income as far as possible while preserving the capital base.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute all of the income of each year as far as they are able, subject to preserving the capital base of the charity (held: £4.4m)

“The trustees seek to distribute all of the income of each year as far as they are able, subject to preserving the capital base of the charity.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Honorarium of £500 paid to trustees.

“Support costs Independent examination 790 774 Honorarium 500 500”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Board of Trustees controls the charity.

“Related Party Transactions The Board of Trustees controls the charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JOHN MONTGOMERY
DAVID MICHAEL MANLY
EWEN PETER GAIR ROSE
Simon David Carpenter

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£124k	£120k
05/04/2024	£121k	£123k
05/04/2023	£120k	£120k
05/04/2022	£116k	£118k
05/04/2021	£114k	£83k

Common questions

Is A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,380,013, which represents a decrease from the previous year's balance of £4,588,331 due to an unrealized investment loss. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has adopted the going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy is to distribute all income as far as possible while preserving the capital base. 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
KIDASHA	1	£239k

Charities like this

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

MANAN TRUST income £2.7m
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST income £334k
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND income £219k
The A and J Charitable Trust income £590k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST income £142k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MANAN TRUST FY2024	£2.7m	—	above	—	no doubt
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023	£334k	—	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND FY2025	£219k	—	within	—	no doubt
The A and J Charitable Trust FY2025	£590k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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