THE COLTSTAPLE TRUST

Registered charity 1085500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing relief for persons in need, poverty or distress in third world countries and the relief of persons who are homeless or in housing need in the United Kingdom or any other part of the world.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED POVERTY OR DISTRESS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES BY RELIEVING THEIR SUFFERING OR ASSISTING THEIR RECOVERY AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN HOUSING NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £14,330,963, supported by a 10.4% return on the investment portfolio. The charity generated £951,290 in incoming resources, primarily from investments, while spending £1,000,204 on charitable grants. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PHILIPPA OAKESHOTT
• ELAINE GENEVIEVE COLVILLE
• Joseph Oakeshott
• LORD STONEHAM OF DROXFORD
• Lord Richard Mark Newby
• MATTHEW ALAN OAKESHOTT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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