38 DEGREES TRUST

Registered charity 1139325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

38 Degrees Trust will make grants to other organisations in line with the Trust's objects.

Objects

3. OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE BY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR RECONCILIATION OR THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL HARMONY OR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(G) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT;(H) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE BY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£53k

Latest spending

£184k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £53,066 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £183,824. The trustees' stated policy is to maintain enough reserves to cover anticipated administrative and financial fees for twelve months. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £53k; policy: twelve months of anticipated administrative and financial fees including audits)

“Our approach to financial sustainability is to maintain enough reserves to pay anticipated administrative and financial fees including audits for twelve months and to make all other monies available for grants.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 5

“During the year, 38 Degrees provided adminstrative services to 38 Degrees Trust, which has a trustee who is also a director or 38 Degrees. These were charged at a rate of £4,835 (2024: £4,440) in line with estimated actual costs involved.” — page 13

“Durng the year, 38 Degrees Trust made a grant to 38 Degrees of £173,500 (2024: £nil).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 5

“During the year, 38 Degrees provided adminstrative services to 38 Degrees Trust, which has a trustee who is also a director or 38 Degrees. These were charged at a rate of £4,835 (2024: £4,440) in line with estimated actual costs involved.” — page 13

“Durng the year, 38 Degrees Trust made a grant to 38 Degrees of £173,500 (2024: £nil).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

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 30/09/2021 (received 11/10/2022, 73 days after the 30/07/2022 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

BENEDICT SOUTHWORTHchair
Andrew Croxford
PETER TYSON
WARREN PUCKETT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£53k	£184k
30/09/2024	£133k	£9k
30/09/2023	£106k	£69k
30/09/2022	£2k	£1k
30/09/2021	£2k	£2k

Common questions

Is 38 DEGREES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £53,066 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £183,824. The trustees' stated policy is to maintain enough reserves to cover anticipated administrative and financial fees for twelve months. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 38 DEGREES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 38 DEGREES TRUST as a grant recipient include This Day Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
This Day Foundation	FY2024	Unverified read£380k
This Day Foundation	FY2025	£212k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£590k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£29k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

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

J O CHARITABLE TRUST income £195k
DR FRIEDRICH STOCK MEMORIAL TRUST income £29k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST income £180k
BRINGING GOOD NEWS income £301k
M A AND B VENITT CHARITABLE TRUST income £34k
PTARMIGAN TRUST income £70k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
38 DEGREES TRUST	£53k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
J O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£195k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DR FRIEDRICH STOCK MEMORIAL TRUST FY2026	£29k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£180k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRINGING GOOD NEWS FY2026	£301k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M A AND B VENITT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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