THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST

Registered charity 1085358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes donations to organisations, particularly, but not necessarily exclusively, working in health related areas, and, particularly, those that may benefit the inhabitants of Monmouthshire, and the Forest of Dean.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST FOR SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE BENEFICIARIES IN SUCH SHARE OR SHARES AND AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE AND FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF "A BENEFICIARY" SHALL MEAN A CHARITY (OTHER THAN THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST) REGISTERED WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL.

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: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£96k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,101,390, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trust reported a small net surplus of £212 for the year, funded by investment income of £95,892 against charitable expenditure of £106,538.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (81% of income)
“Income from listed investments 77,578” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six month's expenditure (reserves figure: £2.1m)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 11/11/2024, 280 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 13/02/2023, 8 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 21/03/2022, 44 days after the 05/02/2022 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
05/04/2025£96k£107k
05/04/2024£102k£86k
05/04/2023£83k£97k
05/04/2022£86k£114k
05/04/2021£86k£345k

Common questions

Is THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,101,390, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trust reported a small net surplus of £212 for the year, funded by investment income of £95,892 against charitable expenditure of £106,538. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST as a grant recipient include CORAM LIFE EDUCATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CORAM LIFE EDUCATIONFY2024£2kProvision of Life Education workshops in schools within Gloucestershire
CORAM LIFE EDUCATIONFY2025£1kProvision of Life Education workshops in schools within Gloucestershire

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST1£150

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FLORENCE SHUTE MILLENNIUM TRUST£96k—0above—no doubt
THE MULLION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£45k—0below—no doubt
THE FLORENCE TURNER TRUST FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£599k—0above—no doubt
THE SMITH (HALTWHISTLE AND DISTRICT) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£79k—0above—no doubt
FROGNAL TRUST FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt

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