THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST

Registered charity 1113562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the work of the Christian church following the principles of the Church of England in undertaking church related projects promoting charitable purposes, the education of priests, future priests and church workers, and to support Church Ministry.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF TO APPLY THE INCOME IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND OVERSEAS FOR:A) CHURCH RELATED PROJECTS PROMOTING CHARITABLE PURPOSES;B) THE EDUCATION OF PRIESTS, FUTURE PRIESTS AND CHURCH WORKERS;C) OTHERWISE TO SUPPORT CHURCH MINISTRY.2. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITHIN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER CONSISTENT WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE WORK OF THE TRUST.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trust holds total net assets of £28,527,709, comprising an expendable endowment fund of £28,493,474 and unrestricted funds of £34,235. The trustees consider the unrestricted balance adequate for ongoing liabilities and grant commitments, noting a commitment to maintain reserves in the region of £25,000 to £35,000. The trust relies on the principal donor Stephen Green for expendable endowment donations but aims for the endowment to become self-sustaining through investment returns.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Douglas Hamilton
• Dr RUTH MADELENE DARE
• LADY JANIAN GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• LORD STEPHEN KEITH GREEN · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRS S J O'BRIEN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RADSTOCK TRUST CIO.

• RADSTOCK TRUST CIO income £189k
• THE RADFIELD TRUST income £5k
• THE RADFORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £247k
• THE RAINFORD TRUST income £313k
• SEAFORD COMMUNITY TRUST income £121k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RADFORD COVENTRY income £70k

Side by side with its peers

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