MAECENAS

Registered charity 1132363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELP THE ANIMALS

advancement of environmental protection and improvement;prevention or relief of poverty, distress or suffering by appropriate charitable assistance;advancement of education;advancement of the arts, culture and heritage and, any other exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the world.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO APPLY THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY FOR THEPUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIRABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR:3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT;3.2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS OR SUFFERING BY APPROPRIATECHARITABLE ASSISTANCE;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS; AND3.5 ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £126,149 from £94,413 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £1,852. Total funds carried forward rose to £27,622, with unrestricted reserves at £23,747. The trustees confirm adequate assets are available to meet obligations and note no ongoing running costs.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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.

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 31/07/2023 (received 05/06/2024, 5 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 20/06/2022, 20 days after the 31/05/2022 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

• SIMON PATRICK WEILchair · trustee of 13 other charities
• Jonathan Francis Weil · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE I S A CHARITY.

• THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
• MANALIVE income £193k
• NATLAS TRUST income £153k
• VINECHURCH LONDON income £189k
• THE MERCIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £136k
• HIS CHURCH - LONDON income £174k

Side by side with its peers

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