THE ARCHER TRUST

Registered charity 1033534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making charitable grants, mainly to small charities which provide support to defined groups of disadvantaged or marginalised people, which are competently managed and which would be significantly assisted by a grant of between £1,000 and £5,000.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONG THE AGED, IMPOTENT OR POOR. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY 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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Registered contact address: Dover, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased by £349,679 to £3,553,236, driven by a net loss on investments and increased grant distributions. The trustees note that the current level of grants is not sustainable in the long term and intend to continue seeking investment returns to maintain capital value. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~133.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL FINDLAY BAKERchair
• Clare Atkins
• Helen Mary Hartley Green
• James Archer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Josie Wastell-Payne
• Robert William John Mellors

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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

• THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £112k
• THE BARTLETT TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £96k
• AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST income £180k
• THE BATCHWORTH TRUST income £621k
• THE ARTHUR CAMP FOUNDATION TRUST income £151k
• THE CARPENTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £65k

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