THE UDLINGTON TRUST

Registered charity 1129443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to apply the annual income of the trust to fund such charities of for such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion determine.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL PAY OR APPLY THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £49,131, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £601,072 to £551,941. The trustees state that the charity holds these reserves to cover minimal operating costs for at least six months. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cast doubt on the accounts or the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~20.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD ALLAN BLACKLEDGEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRUCE DANIEL BLACKLEDGE
• REBECCA BLACKLEDGE
• ROBERT BLACKLEDGE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EDDLESTON SETTLEMENT.

• THE EDDLESTON SETTLEMENT income £34k
• M I CHARITABLE TRUST income £21k
• THE REDLYNCH CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k
• THE LINDLEY FOUNDATION income £52k
• THE DUNCREGGAN TRUST income £107k
• T. A. G. TRUST LTD income £191k

Side by side with its peers

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