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.

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

Latest income

£312k

Latest spending

£361k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased significantly to £601,072, up from £351,900 in the prior year, supported by incoming resources of £630,000. The trustees report that the charity holds these reserves to cover minimal operating costs for at least six months and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months (held: £601k)

“The Charity has minimal operating costs and therefore holds reserves to ensure these can be covered for at least 6 months.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£600k

Total spending

£351k

Reserves (reported)

£601k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~20.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£312k	£361k
31/12/2024	£600k	£351k
31/12/2023	£630k	£300k
31/12/2022	£0	£930
31/12/2021	£72k	£121k

Common questions

Is THE UDLINGTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased significantly to £601,072, up from £351,900 in the prior year, supported by incoming resources of £630,000. The trustees report that the charity holds these reserves to cover minimal operating costs for at least six months and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE W E DUNN TRUST.

THE W E DUNN TRUST income £238k
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND income £220k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
LINDENLEAF CIO income £166k
DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE UDLINGTON TRUST	£312k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE W E DUNN TRUST FY2025	£238k	—	within	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025	£220k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINDENLEAF CIO FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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