EDWARD'S TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1105370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDWARD'S TRUST

Edward's Trust supports children and families who are facing loss and surviving bereavement.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £170,627 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £575,174 to £404,547. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £318,156, which is below the stated policy target of nine months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge challenges in raising funds but remain confident in delivering their strategy over the next three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Edward's Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• BNI Mercury (Birmingham) — “We also value the support we get from BNI Mercury (Birmingham) and its members” (source page)
• Platform Securities — “"Supporting such a worthwhile cause is not only rewarding in the traditional charitable sense, but it also provides our staff with the oppor…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 15.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Hurley
• Peter Anthony Barrett
• Peter Dent
• Philip Michael While
• Thomas Jackson Clements Lyttle

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Shropshire · Solihull · Staffordshire · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).