THE SAVE ME TRUST
Registered charity 1082568 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALANCE, THE BALANCE TRUST
The trust is a grant making charity concerned to achieve its objectives by making grants to organisations working in areas linked to those objectives.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £34,007 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £260,043 against expenditure of £295,050. The trustees report that free reserves were in a deficit of £2,841, but confirm that sufficient available funds and known future income exist to meet financial obligations as they fall due.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Donations (99% of income)
“total income amounted to £260,043 consisting of donations of £257,831” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-3k)
“The charity's free reserves, being unrestricted funds not represented by fixed assets or designated for future use, were a deficit of £2,841.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: No Trustees received remuneration or expenses. However, Dales Evans & Co Ltd (where a trustee is a director) received £14,593 for services.
“No Trustees or companies where a Trustee was a director received any remuneration or expenses during the year During the year under review Dales Evans & Co Ltd, for which a director is a Trustee of the Trust, charged the charity £14,593” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dales Evans & Co Ltd, for which a director is a Trustee of the Trust, charged the charity £14,593 for administrative and accountancy services
“Dales Evans & Co Ltd, for which a director is a Trustee of the Trust, charged the charity £14,593 (2024: £17,591) for administrative and accountancy services” — page 15
“B H May, a Trustee of the Trust, is a director of Duck Productions Limited, a company, which made gift aid payments to the Trust amounting to £175,000 during the year” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: B H May, a Trustee, is a director of Duck Productions Limited, which made gift aid payments of £175,000 to the Trust
“Dales Evans & Co Ltd, for which a director is a Trustee of the Trust, charged the charity £14,593 (2024: £17,591) for administrative and accountancy services” — page 15
“B H May, a Trustee of the Trust, is a director of Duck Productions Limited, a company, which made gift aid payments to the Trust amounting to £175,000 during the year” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: B H May, a Trustee, made personal gift aid payments of £50,000 to the Trust
“Dales Evans & Co Ltd, for which a director is a Trustee of the Trust, charged the charity £14,593 (2024: £17,591) for administrative and accountancy services” — page 15
“B H May, a Trustee of the Trust, is a director of Duck Productions Limited, a company, which made gift aid payments to the Trust amounting to £175,000 during the year” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
- BRIAN HAROLD MAY
- JAMES MAY
- Lester Dales
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SAVE ME TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £34,007 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £260,043 against expenditure of £295,050. The trustees report that free reserves were in a deficit of £2,841, but confirm that sufficient available funds and known future income exist to meet financial obligations as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE SAVE ME TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SAVE ME TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED, THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEWS, SURBITON.
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