THE DOUGLAS PRESTWICH CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1017597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE D P PRESTWICH CHARITABLE TRUST

Trustees' policy is to aid improvement of welfare to the elderly & in particular to support hospices for the elderly & their day centres, including assisting with capital projects from the Trust's capital. Trustees' interest is in smaller hospices where information about their work is already known to them or easily accessible & where grants are likely to make a significant difference to the work.

Objects

FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS 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 · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £3,150,743, with the trustees confirming adequate assets to meet obligations. The charity generated a net income of £132,233 from investment returns and gains, while total expenditure was £47,476. Reserves are held to cover running costs, with a policy to reinstate grant-making in the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to pay the running costs of the Trust (held: £3.2m)

“The Trustees aim to keep sufficient reserves to pay the running costs of the Trust.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 10

“Included in support costs for the year ended 5 April 2025 are fees payable to Bishop & Sewell of £7,798. The Trustees, Olivia Meekin and Nicholas Barlow are Partners of Bishop & Sewell LLP.” — page 11

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
Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas Hugh Barlow · trustee of 1 other charity
OLIVIA MEEKIN
Victoria Elizabeth Lord

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£118k	£47k
05/04/2024	£127k	£22k
05/04/2023	£19k	£12k
05/04/2022	£350	£6k
05/04/2021	£28	£7k

Common questions

Is THE DOUGLAS PRESTWICH CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £3,150,743, with the trustees confirming adequate assets to meet obligations. The charity generated a net income of £132,233 from investment returns and gains, while total expenditure was £47,476. Reserves are held to cover running costs, with a policy to reinstate grant-making in the following year. 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
BROOM FOUNDATION	1	£63k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
SABENO LIMITED	1	£18k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£14k
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)	1	£10k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND	1	£0
THE D C TRUST	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HONYWOOD AND DOUGLAS CHARITY.

THE HONYWOOD AND DOUGLAS CHARITY income £160k
THE IRENE PRESTWICH TRUST CIO income £103k
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £565k
THE PRESTWICH FOUNDATION income £763k
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST income £293k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DOUGLAS PRESTWICH CHARITABLE TRUST	£118k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HONYWOOD AND DOUGLAS CHARITY FY2024	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE IRENE PRESTWICH TRUST CIO FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£565k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRESTWICH FOUNDATION FY2025	£763k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£136k	—	within	—	no doubt

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