MARGARET MARY DANKS CHARITIES FOR ST ANDREWS CHURCH NETHERTON DUDLEY

Registered charity 1039852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MARY DANKS TRUST

For the benefit of St Andrew's Church

Objects

FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, NETHERTON, DUDLEY.

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 the charity incurred a deficit of £23,471 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to grants of £55,369 made to St Andrews PCC which exceeded investment gains of £31,898. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (presented as the restricted General Church Fund) decreased from £311,594 to £288,123 during the year. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target for comparison.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Richard Hackett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Ridley

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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