PHILIP AND GRANVILLE CHARITABLE TRUST
General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com
Objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST (A) AS TO THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THE FOUNDER MAY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDER MAY BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WHERE THE FOUNDER HAS NOT BY THE 5TH APRIL IN THE INCOME TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THE INCOME ARISES GIVEN A DIRECTION WHICH FULLY DISPOSES OF THE INCOME THEN SUCH INCOME SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUB-CLAUSE (B) SUBJECT TO AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY SUCH DIRECTION AND INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH DIRECTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE TO APPLY THE INCOME FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEES TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF IT WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves increased to £13,986 from £3,246 in the prior year, while bank balances decreased to £4,361. The charity holds £415,457 in investment assets within an expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks.
What the accounts disclose
“Total receipts 10,985 - 265,266 276,251 319,586”
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
“No trustee received any remuneration or was reimbursed any expenses in the year under review. Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid £3,592 (2024: £2,553) for trust administration and cash management services during the year under review, as authorized by Clause 9 – The Schedule Administrative Provisions.”
Policies the charity declares
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/03/2025
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/03/2024
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Grant-making is its main activity
Trustees
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2026 | £7k | £50k |
| 05/03/2025 | £34k | £25k |
| 05/03/2024 | £11k | £25k |
| 05/03/2023 | £8k | £14k |
| 05/03/2022 | £8k | £5k |
Common questions
Is PHILIP AND GRANVILLE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased to £13,986 from £3,246 in the prior year, while bank balances decreased to £4,361. The charity holds £415,457 in investment assets within an expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILIP AND GRANVILLE CHARITABLE TRUST | £7k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE HAPPY CHARITABLE TRUST | £46k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAULINE BISHOP CHARITABLE TRUST | £110k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ILLINGWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST | £161k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE LINDLEY FOUNDATION | £52k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PAULINE MEREDITH CHARITABLE TRUST | £185k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |