THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1135810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees meet regularly to decide on the grants they wish to make.

Objects

(1) THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.(2) PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.(3) PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THIS DEED NO PART OF THE TRUST FUND OR THE INCOME THEREOF SHALL BE PAID OR APPLIED OTHERWISE THAN FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED.

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

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

Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £10,241 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by resources expended of £130,422 against incoming resources of £120,181. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted fund balances decreased from £4,653,905 to £4,587,020, though the trustees maintain sufficient cash reserves to meet current and planned expenditure. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding 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

Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves to meet current and planned expenditure (reserves figure: £4.6m)
“The Trustees are maintaining sufficient cash reserves to meet current and planned expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Collyer Bristow LLP (Ian Roger Woolfe is a consultant)
“Management and administration expenses include £45,174 (2024: £33,901) in relation to legal and other administrative support carried out by Collyer Bristow LLP; a firm of solicitors, where Ian Roger Woolfe was a partner until September 2015 and is now a consultant.” — page 15
“Gift Aid Donations received in the year from Lady Dixon totalled £40,000 (2024: £nil).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Lady Dixon (Trustee/Founder)
“Management and administration expenses include £45,174 (2024: £33,901) in relation to legal and other administrative support carried out by Collyer Bristow LLP; a firm of solicitors, where Ian Roger Woolfe was a partner until September 2015 and is now a consultant.” — page 15
“Gift Aid Donations received in the year from Lady Dixon totalled £40,000 (2024: £nil).” — page 15
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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 09/02/2026, 4 days after the 05/02/2026 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Total income
£697k
Total spending
£421k
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£120k£130k
05/04/2024£138k£276k
05/04/2023£373k£1.3m
05/04/2022£697k£421k
05/04/2021£483k£380k

Common questions

Is THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £10,241 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by resources expended of £130,422 against incoming resources of £120,181. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted fund balances decreased from £4,653,905 to £4,587,020, though the trustees maintain sufficient cash reserves to meet current and planned expenditure. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
UNSEEN (UK)1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WANDS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST£120k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WANDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£376k—0within—no doubt
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£313k—0above—no doubt
G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNESIDE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£30k—0below—no doubt

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