THE MELVILLE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1116593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes donations to charities for relief of poverty, medical research/support, furtherance of education and support of the arts.

Objects

TO ADVANCE ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased by £6,718 to £537,547, driven by investment gains and donations exceeding charitable expenditure. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to mitigate risks and that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICK CHRISTOPHER MELVILLEchair
• Helen Louise Maria Paton
• MARIA HADEWEIJ MELVILLE
• Sophie Elizabeth Melville
• Yvonne Copeland · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Burma · Colombia · Egypt · Hampshire · India · Jersey · Kenya · Netherlands

Income and spending

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