ROPNER TRUST

Registered charity 1062362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote education of persons under the age of 25 who live, or whose parents live, in Stockton on Tees. Make grants for the general benefit of inhabitants of Stockton on Tees. Apply income to other organisations that themselves undertake to apply the whole or part of their income for such charitable purposes.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE OR WHOSE PARENTS ARE RESIDENT IN STOCKTON ON TEES (AS CONSTITUTED AT THE DATE OF THIS SCHEME). 2) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON ON TEES (AS CONSTITUTED AT THE DATED OF THIS SCHEME) IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS, OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: CLEVELAND STOCKTON ON TEES

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £72,012, which is below the previous year's balance of £79,351. The charity reports a net loss on investments of £21,258, resulting in an overall net movement in funds of a loss, though total funds remain substantial at £1,653,370.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• HARRY SMITHchair
• BOB COOK · trustee of 4 other charities
• Dave Pruden
• JAMES BEALL · trustee of 4 other charities
• John Richard Wilson FRICS
• RACHEL VIRGINIA DARLEY
• WILLIAM RICHARD PICKERSGILL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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