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THE EDNA LINNELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1092476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRINCIPLY SUPPORTING THE MARHARISHI FOUNDATION AND THEN OTHER UK REGISTERED CHARITIES

Objects

TO PAY AND APPLY THE INCOME AND (IF AND SO OFTEN AS MY TRUSTEES THINK FIT) THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITABLE TRUST AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT TO OR FOR THE MAHARISHI FOUNDATION (GB) OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS MY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AUTHORISE MY TRUSTEES TO APPLY ANY PART OF THE CHARITABLE TRUST OR THE INCOME THEREOF TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS AFORESAID SAVE THOSE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: 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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Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £42,786 before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £50,761 due to significant portfolio gains. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,512,182, with free reserves of £342,347, which the Trustee considers sufficient to support anticipated grant-making expenditure. The charity has no employees and relies on external professional services for administration and investment management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately one year’s running costs (held: £2.5m)
“It is the policy of the charity to ultimately maintain ‘free reserves’ (being that element on the unrestricted reserves which is not funding investments) of approximately one year’s running costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Brachers LLP, a firm of which trustee representative Mr C Eriksson-Lee was a partner, charged the trust £41,041 for legal advice, accounts production, and administration.
“During the year the trust was charged £41,041 (2024: £22,903) for legal advice, accounts production, and day to day administration by Brachers LLP, a firm of solicitors, of which Mr C Eriksson-Lee (trustee representative during the year) was a partner.” — page 13
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.

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
28/02/2025£57k£99k
29/02/2024£34k£64k
28/02/2023£28k£47k
28/02/2022£27k£64k
28/02/2021£28k£53k

Common questions

Is THE EDNA LINNELL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £42,786 before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £50,761 due to significant portfolio gains. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,512,182, with free reserves of £342,347, which the Trustee considers sufficient to support anticipated grant-making expenditure. The charity has no employees and relies on external professional services for administration and investment management. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.