ALICE NOAKES MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1039663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides wide ranging financial support to individuals and organisations in the promotion of animal welfare. The trustees have a wide discretion and the area of benefit is not confined in any way. The trustees have currently adopted a policy for the long term existence of the charity.

Objects

ANIMAL WELFARE

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: Animals · Get email alerts

Latest income
£69k
Latest spending
£143k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,303,392, which is above the stated policy target of six months of total expenditure (£71,408). The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £27,374 due to investment losses, though it maintained its grant-making activities and has no employees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of total expenditure (held: £3.3m)
“The level of reserves required have been set at 6 months of total expenditure which is £71,408” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal fees paid to Holmes & Hills LLP, a firm where trustee DWG Whipps is a consultant and M Cornell is a partner.
“Legal fees and disbursements totalling £15,954 (2024: £16,315) were paid to Holmes and Hills, solicitors, a firm in which DWG Whipps Is a consultant and M Cornell is a partner. There was a further £9,604 (2024: £8,754) payable as at the year end. No charge is made for any activities carried out by M Cornell and DWG Whipps on behalf of the trust.” — page 13
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£69k£143k
31/03/2024£74k£104k
31/03/2023£48k£120k
31/03/2022£90k£73k
31/03/2021£56k£100k

Common questions

Is ALICE NOAKES MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,303,392, which is above the stated policy target of six months of total expenditure (£71,408). The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £27,374 due to investment losses, though it maintained its grant-making activities and has no employees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.