THE EDWARD SMART CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1126892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making trust

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £918,475.43, all of which were classified as expendable endowment funds with £nil in unrestricted funds. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £10,851.05 for the year, primarily due to a loss on the market value of investments, while making no grants in the current period compared to £23,320 in the prior year.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID NELS SWANSONchair
• SG KLEINWORT HAMBROS TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England

Income and spending

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