THE BOUTTELL BEQUEST

Registered charity 1020121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE B B TRUST, THE BOUTELL BEQUEST

Making grants to charities and for charitable purposes in England and Wales but mainly in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO ASSIST SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED IN ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £34,167, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to twelve months of expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £127,231 due to investment losses, though the trustees consider the overall financial position satisfactory.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE MARY RATHBONE
• ELIZABETH OSBORN
• JOHN FREDERICK RATHBONE
• Stephen Joseph Porter

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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