THE TULA TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1099313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TULA TRUST

Donates to causes in Third World Countries and some UK operations

Objects

TO MAKE GRANTS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF ECONOMICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF THE DISADVANTAGED INHABITANTS OF ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF ECONOMICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF THE DISADVANTAGED INHABITANTS OF ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£674k
Latest spending
£422k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £392,929 for the year ended 5 April 2024, driven by donations of £441,108 and net investment gains of £295,393. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,568,588, which the directors consider sufficient to cover administration and support costs for at least three months. The charity had no employees and no trustees received remuneration during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“Donations of £441,108 (2023: £356,942) were received during the year.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £2.6m)
“the directors intend to ensure that future reserves levels are maintained to cover administration and support costs for at least the following three months.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 12
“Donations for the year are from trustees and close family members.” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 06/07/2026, 151 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 28/05/2024, 113 days after the 05/02/2024 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£674k
Total spending
£422k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~86.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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

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£674k£422k
05/04/2024£486k£388k
05/04/2023£391k£275k
05/04/2022£213k£338k
05/04/2021£286k£273k

Common questions

Is THE TULA TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £392,929 for the year ended 5 April 2024, driven by donations of £441,108 and net investment gains of £295,393. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,568,588, which the directors consider sufficient to cover administration and support costs for at least three months. The charity had no employees and no trustees received remuneration during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE TULA TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TULA TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include WATER FOR KIDS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WATER FOR KIDSFY2026£3kProtection of 2 springs

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED£674k—0above—no doubt
THE PUEBLA CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£68k—0within—no doubt
THE REANELLA TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
NUST TRUST FOUNDATION UK FY2024£850—0unclear—no doubt
LUPTON TOWER TRUST FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£589k—0above—no doubt

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