W F J Blackford Trust

Registered charity 1120809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLIAM FREDERICK JOHN BLACKFORD DECEASED

Investment of the funds held by the trust and payment of capital and/or income for the benefit of the objects of the trust.

Objects

TO APPLY ALL OR PART OF THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS MY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS THE UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST WITHERIDGE TIVERTON DEVON AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GRAVEYARD AND MONUMENTS OF THE SAID CHURCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, DEVON

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,586 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by investment gains and income exceeding charitable expenditure. Total unrestricted funds stood at £1,701,560, with the trustees noting that the size of uncommitted funds and the easily realisable nature of investments provide adequate assurance of resilience. The charity holds £75,522 in cash reserves, which trustees expect to use for ongoing church works.

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.

• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER RAYMOND JOHN PENNY
• IAN DOUGLAS PENNY
• Mark Patrick Penny

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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