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.

Objects

1.1.1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SUFFERING OF THOSE EXPERIENCING, OR PREPARING FOR, BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARENT, SIGNIFICANT CARER, SIBLING, CHILD OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT OR OTHER ASSISTANCE; 1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ISSUES SURROUNDING BEREAVEMENT AND LOSS; 1.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED OR WORKING WITH THOSE SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS;1.1.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH WITHIN THE FIELD OF BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS AND TO DISSEMINATE AND PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;1.1.5 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL ( WEST MIDLANDS)

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

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

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £118,171 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by total expenditure of £605,641 against income of £487,470. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £254,309, which is below its stated policy target of nine months' operating expenditure. The trustees acknowledge cashflow challenges and internal issues but maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03487577 · Financial health read from its filings

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)

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.

• LYTTLE, Thomas Jackson Clements — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
• WHILE, Philip Michael — director, appointed 27/04/2026on trustee list
• HURLEY, Chris — director, appointed 22/09/2021on trustee list
• BARRETT, Peter Anthony — director, appointed 25/12/2003on trustee list

Official officers record.

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 7.2 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 3.2%) (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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDINBURGH TRUST NO2 ACCOUNT.

• EDINBURGH TRUST NO2 ACCOUNT income £90k
• THE EDMUND TRUST income £11.1m
• NEW LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £101k
• RICHARD HOUSE TRUST income £4.8m
• ST EDWARDS SCHOOL CLUB income £68k
• The Trust Foundation income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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