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MARGARET GIFFEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1022838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust aims to provide financial assistance to charities who provide in particular support to children, elderly people and other vulnerable individuals particularly but not exclusively within the Northamptonshire area. The trust also has an interest in supporting equine related charities particularly those within the aims outlined above.

Objects

(1) TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF RIDING HORSES FOR YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS AND THEREBY TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH YOUNG PERSONS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS (2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Get email alerts

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trustees intend to wind up the Trust once current funds are exhausted, with unrestricted funds carried forward of £127,178. The charity reported total income of £42,579 and charitable expenditure of £2,070,404 for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Tollers solicitors, a firm in which B C Rogers (trustee) is a consultant, received fees during the year ended 31 March 2025 of £14,158 (2024 - £4,827), all were approved for payment by remaining trustees, for costs of administering the charity.
“Tollers solicitors, a firm in which B C Rogers (trustee) is a consultant, received fees during the year ended 31 March 2025 of £14,158 (2024 - £4,827), all were approved for payment by remaining trustees, for costs of administering the charity.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 11
“Tollers solicitors, a firm in which B C Rogers (trustee) is a consultant, received fees during the year ended 31 March 2025 of £14,158 (2024 - £4,827), all were approved for payment by remaining trustees, for costs of administering the charity.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Meadows & Co Limited. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£2.1m
31/03/2024£91k£92k
31/03/2023£46k£314k
31/03/2022£62k£448k
31/03/2021£97k£815k

Common questions

Is MARGARET GIFFEN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the trustees intend to wind up the Trust once current funds are exhausted, with unrestricted funds carried forward of £127,178. The charity reported total income of £42,579 and charitable expenditure of £2,070,404 for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Meadows & Co Limited.