MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1104629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Objects

THE COMPANY SHALL HOLD MY RESIDUARY ESTATE AS TO BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME AS TRUSTEES (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST") UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME OF THE MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST WITH POWER IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE OF CHARITIES CONNECTED WITH ANIMAL WELFARE HOMELESSNESS CHILDREN HOSPICES AND CRUELTY AS THE COMPANY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT AND IN SUCH SHARES IF MORE THAN ONE AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCALLY IN NORFOLK.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Animals · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £2,962 and bank balances of £12,635, alongside an expendable endowment fund valued at £681,211. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern were disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (reserves figure: £3k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Ltd paid £3,277 for trust administration fees; HSBC paid £7,282 for trust administration and investment management fees.
“Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid £3,277 for trust administration fees during the year under review. HSBC was paid £7,282 for trust administration and investment management fees during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 3 of the trust deed.”
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 28/12/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/12/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/12/2025£34k£42k
28/12/2024£16k£18k
05/04/2024£0£0
05/04/2023£11k£11k
05/04/2022£14k£35k

Common questions

Is MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £2,962 and bank balances of £12,635, alongside an expendable endowment fund valued at £681,211. The trustees pursue a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern were disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARY SINCLAIR WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST£34k—0unclear—no doubt
MISS MURIEL LIDDIATT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
MARY LEAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
ILLINGWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£161k——unclear—no doubt
INTRUST FY2026£482k——unclear—no doubt
THE MAY HARDY MBE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£48k—0above—no doubt

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