THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1117735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust supports projects engaged in alleviating the suffering of children and young people in the UK and overseas. Funding is primarily provided to grassroots projects that have clearly identified objectives where the outcomes can be monitored and evaluated. This ensures a high social return on any investment made by the Trust and its Donors.

Objects

3. APPLICATION OF INCOMETHE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS"). THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT SICK CHILDREN OR CHILDREN FROM SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £356,620, which is below the stated policy target of holding sufficient funds to honour pre-committed grants and cover a three-month employee notice period (calculated as £350,000). The charity reported a net movement in funds of -£78,056 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £845,882 to £767,827.

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 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 handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Angus Lawson Memorial Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS JOHN ADAMS LAWSONchair
• ALEX DE WINTON
• Debbie Hofmeyr
• EDWARD OLIVER HUTTON
• Fiona Fairbairn
• Geoffrey Love
• Henry Yorke
• JONATHAN POTTER
• KARA MARGARET LAWSON
• Rebecca Pirt

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Burundi · Cambodia · Eswatini · Ghana · India · Kenya · Liverpool City · Malawi · Mozambique · Nottinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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