EDWARDS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1123136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects are for the furtherance of such charitable purpose or purposes as the Trustees from time to time determine, primarily, but not exclusively, situate in the North West of England with particular focus on Charites working for the benefit of children and young people

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON NORTH WEST ENGLAND

Area of benefit: WORLD PARTICULARLY NORTH WEST ENGLAND

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£80k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted fund balances increased to £2,934,032 as of 5 April 2025, driven by investment income and revaluation gains. The trustees confirm that sufficient assets exist to meet obligations and that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: reserves are held in the form of fixed asset investments to generate a return in the form of investment income to provide the Trust with funds to meet its charitable objectives through the payment of grants to other charitable organisations (reserves figure: £2.9m)
“It is the policy of the charitable trust that reserves are held in the form of fixed asset investments to generate a return in the form of investment income to provide the Trust with funds to meet its charitable objectives through the payment of grants to other charitable organisations.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 03/06/2026, 118 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 02/02/2023, 362 days after the 05/02/2022 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

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£133k£80k
05/04/2024£117k£27k
05/04/2023£105k£21k
05/04/2022£92k£23k
05/04/2021£92k£39k

Common questions

Is EDWARDS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted fund balances increased to £2,934,032 as of 5 April 2025, driven by investment income and revaluation gains. The trustees confirm that sufficient assets exist to meet obligations and that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST1£300k
GREATER MANCHESTER YOUTH NETWORK1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EDWARDS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£99k—0above—no doubt
THE EDWARD ROSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EDWARD RAMSDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DWEK FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£48k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.