THE MAURICE & VIVIEN THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1085041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MAURICE THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Awarding grants on the basis of applications received and reviewed against specific criteria and objectives set by the Trustees. These are mainly to do with education and human and animal welfare.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON THE FOLLOWING TRUSTS:1) TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME AND IF AND WHEN THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DIRECTION SO THINK FIT THE WHOLE OR ANY PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE TRUSTS IN CLAUSE 1 THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED IF THEY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT ACCUMULATE THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME THEREFROM IN ANY MANNER HEREINAFTER AUTHORISED AS AN ACCRETION TO THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND AND AS ONE FUND WITH SUCH CAPITAL FOR ALL PURPOSES BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR IF THE SAME WERE INCOME ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £3,219,609 to £2,986,165 due to a net movement in funds of £(233,444), driven by a significant loss on investments of £(176,029) and charitable expenditure of £120,995. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (unrestricted funds) stood at £360,296, while the charity maintains an expendable endowment fund of £2,625,869 intended to generate future income for grants.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Thompson
• Isobel Thompson
• Lara Thompson
• Mathilda Thompson
• Maurice Thompson
• Sophie Hinchliffe
• Vivien Thompson · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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