INQUEST CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1046650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q25172070 · Wikipedia · also known as I C T

INQUEST was founded in 1981 following a number of controversial deaths in police and prison custody. It is the only charitable organisation in England and Wales that provides an independent, free legal and advice service to bereaved people on inquest procedures and their rights in the Coroner's Court and the civil courts.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY, IN PARTICULAR, RESEARCH INTO AND PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING SUDDEN OR UNEXPLAINED DEATHS OR DEATHS WHICH ARE OR MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF A CORONER'S INQUEST. B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE BEREAVED IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVICE COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT. C) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTIVE.

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £90,925, a decrease from the previous year's £100,523. The charity reported a net expenditure of £9,598 for the year, funded by incoming resources of £1,168,538 and total expenditure of £1,178,136. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are 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

Accounts audited by Barcant Beardon 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 23/06/2023, 143 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03054853

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — INQUEST (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DE GRASSE, Christine — director, appointed 18/12/2023not on trustee list
• CAVE, Douglas Stephen — director, appointed 23/05/2023on trustee list
• MONTACUTE, Rebecca Charlotte — director, appointed 23/05/2023on trustee list
• RIGG- SAMUEL, Marcia Patricia — director, appointed 23/05/2023not on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Patrick Kevin — director, appointed 10/11/2021on trustee list
• NEWTON, Diane Sarah — director, appointed 15/12/2018on trustee list
• WEATHERBY, Pete — director, appointed 08/03/2018on trustee list
• MENON, Rajiv — director, appointed 31/03/2016on trustee list
• TOMBS, Stephen Peter, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2014not on trustee list
• ISHERWOOD, Geraldine Mary — director, appointed 04/02/2009on trustee list
• BUNDEY, Ruth — director, appointed 17/12/2007on trustee list
• MACHOVER, Daniel — director, appointed 01/04/2006on trustee list
• VERVOITTE, Arnaud Lucien Jean — secretary, appointed 11/02/2020

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Diane Sarah Newtonchair
• Christine De Grasse
• DANIEL MACHOVER
• Douglas Stephen Cave
• Dr Patrick Williams
• GERALDINE MARY ISHERWOOD
• Marcia Patricia Rigg
• Marcia Patricia Rigg
• PETE WEATHERBY
• RUTH ELIZABETH DOBIE BUNDEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rajiv Menon
• Rebecca Charlotte Montacute
• Steve Tombs

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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• INSIDE JUSTICE income £76k
• THE INJUSTICE FOUNDATION income £609k

Side by side with its peers

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