THE JOAN TURNER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1113973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TURNER FOUNDATION

THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES.

Objects

A FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES OR BOTH WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.B FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PEOPLE LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.C FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.D TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OF ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL, AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.E TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OF OTHER PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ANY CHOSEN SUBJECT OR ACTIVITY WORTHY OF STUDY AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS BEING OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE AND TO INCLUDE LECTURES, RESEARCH, PUBLISHING, EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, FIELD STUDY AND OUT DOOR PURSUITS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.F RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.FF

Area of benefit: DORSET

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net assets stood at £498,771 as of 31 December 2025, derived entirely from an expendable endowment held in quoted investments. The trustees report that the charity made donations totalling £65,000 during the year, funded by investment income, and maintains reserves at a level sufficient to continue making donations as required. No defined reserves policy target is stated, only a general intention to sustain charitable giving.

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 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 14/04/2024, 166 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERRY
• Claire Louise Hughes
• lesley Joanne Rose

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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