MRS IRIS NOREEN SETCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1084274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £56,514 at the end of the reporting period, down from £62,178 in the previous year. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, contingencies, and risks, with no funds reported in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 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 (reserves figure: £57k)
“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.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Limited, a corporate trustee, received fees for administration and cash management services.
“Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid £10,490 (2024: £12,882) for trust administration services and cash management fees during the year under review. These fees are authorized under clause 14 of the trust deed.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 13/07/2025

  • 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 13/07/2024

  • 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 13/03/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 13/03/2023 (received 23/01/2024, 10 days after the 13/01/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
13/07/2025£32k£44k
13/07/2024£67k£22k
13/03/2023£27k£122k
13/03/2022£28k£17k
13/03/2021£24k£49k

Common questions

Is MRS IRIS NOREEN SETCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £56,514 at the end of the reporting period, down from £62,178 in the previous year. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, contingencies, and risks, with no funds reported in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MRS IRIS NOREEN SETCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST£32k—0unclear—no doubt
MISS RENE ETHEL CHECKLAND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£34k——unclear—no doubt
THE DENIS JAMES BARTLETT AND BRIGID CATHERINE CLARE BARTLETT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELLEN MAVIS CHALK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£57k——unclear—no doubt
THOMAS HENRY NORMAN ALLEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
MARGARET JOAN CAMPION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt

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