RUTH VINES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 1140376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUTH VINES TRUST

The objective of the Ruth Vines Trust is to provide funds to advance the Christian religion inany part of the world. The charity responds to requests for grant assistance, assessing these on the basis of their suitability in light of the charity's objectives

Objects

3. OBJECTS3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER: (A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; OR (B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (SO LONG AS THE SAME SHALL NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH CLAUSE 3.1(A) ABOVE OR THE STATEMENT OF FAITH) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.3.2 THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR A PERIOD OF 21 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 INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW 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.

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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Ruth Vines Trust reported unrestricted reserves of £811,710, which the trustees state are more than adequate to meet financial commitments. The charity achieved an operational surplus of £17,282 and a net movement in funds of £75,637, driven by investment income and capital gains. The accounts confirm no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNA HELEN VINES BSC MCSP
• Alan Ross Murray · trustee of 1 other charity
• HOMFRAY MARTIN VINES MA, BSc

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

Operates in: France · Northern Ireland · Poole · Scotland · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Sudan · Uganda · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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