THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1125586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To apply the income resources of the trust by making grants for the benefit of one or more charitable institutions or individuals, including but not restricted to people with a disability or special needs, education, training or for such other charitable purposes at the trustees discretion.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 · Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£540k
Latest spending
£716k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves total £1,402,311, which exceeds the estimated annual running cost of £75,000. The trustees confirm that the charity's assets are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robert Whowell & Partners LLP. 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.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£540k
Total spending
£716k
Cost of raising funds
£74k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 13.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£540k£716k
05/04/2024£541k£275k
05/04/2023£578k£380k
05/04/2022£491k£672k
05/04/2021£406k£138k

Common questions

Is THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves total £1,402,311, which exceeds the estimated annual running cost of £75,000. The trustees confirm that the charity's assets are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Robert Whowell & Partners LLP.

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
H P CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST£540k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£384k—0unclear—no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£142k—0below—no doubt
THE LAURENCE MODIANO CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt

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