MRS EM BATES TRUST

Registered charity 1082306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BATES TRUST

Pay grants to the Moravian Church

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Latest income

£409k

Latest spending

£425k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £389,159, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding up to twice the following year’s budgeted expenditure. The charity is audited by Knox Cropper LLP, who confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to twice the following year’s budgeted expenditure (held: £389k)

“The Trust’s Grant Making and Reserves Policy permits it to hold in its Income Fund up to twice the following year’s budgeted expenditure, including support costs and grants.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Courtney Alexander Smith
Graham John Pascoe Seaton
James Hancock
Jane Seaton · trustee of 1 other charity
Lynsey Elizabeth Cunningham
Roger COY
Sarah GROVES
Zoe Marie-May Taylor

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£409k	£425k
31/08/2024	£474k	£474k
31/08/2023	£414k	£414k
31/08/2022	£389k	£389k
31/08/2021	£362k	£362k

Common questions

Is MRS EM BATES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £389,159, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding up to twice the following year’s budgeted expenditure. The charity is audited by Knox Cropper LLP, who confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE MACDONALD-BUCHANAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£145k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £155.3m
THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH) income £8.5m
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k
SIR THOMAS WHITE'S CHARITY income £3.4m
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST income £183k
THE JOE AND ROSA FRENKEL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MRS EM BATES TRUST	£409k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£155.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH) FY2024	£8.5m	Between £100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR THOMAS WHITE'S CHARITY FY2025	£3.4m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025	£183k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.