THE PRESTON FAMILY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 1138978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£352k
Latest spending
£339k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £251,136, up from £237,336 the previous year, while total expenditure of £338,570 was funded by £352,370 in income. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations and the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. No employees were engaged during the year, and all funds remain unrestricted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maximise unrestricted funds to ensure sufficient funds are available to cover grants and donations payable, and management and administration costs for the forseeable future (reserves figure: £251k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maximise unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, to ensure that sufficient funds are available to cover grants and donations payable, and management and administration costs for the forseeable future.” — 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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2021

  • 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 17/04/2024, 72 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 17/02/2023, 12 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 10/03/2022, 33 days after the 05/02/2022 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

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£352k£339k
05/04/2024£0£30k
05/04/2023£2k£53k
05/04/2022£2k£612k
05/04/2021£421k£54k

Common questions

Is THE PRESTON FAMILY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £251,136, up from £237,336 the previous year, while total expenditure of £338,570 was funded by £352,370 in income. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations and the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. No employees were engaged during the year, and all funds remain unrestricted. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PRESTON FAMILY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT£352k—0above—no doubt
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST FY2026£1.2m—0above—no doubt
THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2024£377—0unclear—no doubt
THE EDDLESTON SETTLEMENT FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£99k—0above—no doubt

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