HUGH INSLEY-FOX CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1135349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITABLE TRUST ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH2) THE SAVING OF LIVES3) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED OF BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE4) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR ASSISTANCE TO CHARITABLE HOSPICES, TO CHARITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF CANCER SUFFERERS AND TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN POOLE IN DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") THE FOLLOWING:5.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; AND5.2 THE SAVING OF LIVES; AND5.3 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR OTHERDISADVANTAGE; AND5.4 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING CHARITABLE IN LAW AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTEDISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CHARITABLE HOSPICES, TO CHARITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF CANCER SUFFERERS, AND TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION

Area of benefit: DORSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £149,368, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable objectives. The trust generated total income of £51,702 from investments and spent £48,070, resulting in a net movement in funds of £3,632. The trust holds significant investment property valued at £3,200,000, providing a stable asset base.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet its charitable objectives (reserves figure: £149k)
“The Trustees consider the level of the Trust’s reserves to be sufficient to meet its charitable objectives. In doing so, they recognise that they must not make grants in excess of the funds available. The Trustees have absolute discretion when making grants and as such the reserves can be maintained at a level to safeguard the future of the Trust.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£52k£48k
05/04/2024£43k£58k
05/04/2023£58k£28k
05/04/2022£56k£60k
05/04/2021£52k£25k

Common questions

Is HUGH INSLEY-FOX CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £149,368, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable objectives. The trust generated total income of £51,702 from investments and spent £48,070, resulting in a net movement in funds of £3,632. The trust holds significant investment property valued at £3,200,000, providing a stable asset base. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HUGH INSLEY-FOX CHARITABLE TRUST£52k—0above—no doubt
THE INVIGORATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£245k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELLISON-CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
LANGLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHAILEY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt

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