THE MAYLANDS TRUST

Registered charity 1092044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of Need, Hardship or Distress within 30 Miles of Halstead Essex. Grants are primarily directed towards individuals and local organisations. Grants are awarded against some specific item of expenditure by the beneficiary, or to enable an organisation to provide some specific benefit or item of equipment.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE OLD, DISADVANTAGED OR NEEDY FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN 30 MILES OF HALSTEAD, ESSEX2) THE PROMOTION OF OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS IN THE AREA AFORESAID3) THE PROMOTION OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST NUMBER 280552

Area of benefit: HALSTEAD, ESSEX

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,436.80 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total fund balances of £5,541.97. The trustees aim to maintain reserves to cover six months of operation costs, though the current unrestricted reserves are significantly below this stated policy target. The charity relies on donations for funding and made five grants to Halstead Day Centre during the period.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOROTHY EDITH LODGE MBE. JPchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN FRANCIS LODGE
• JULIAN JAMES DAVEY
• Kevin David Sherrington-Lodge MBA, BEng

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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