THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1142898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity will make grants to other charities.

Objects

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.PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY INSTEAD OF THEMSELVES SO PAYING OR APPLYING ANY OF THE SAID INCOME OR CAPITAL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION PAY OR TRANSFER THE SAME TO ANY CHARITY OR CHARITIES (WHETHER INCORPORATED OR NOT AND INCLUDING NOT ONLY EXISTING CHARITIES BUT ALSO SUCH NEW CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ESTABLISH) EITHER FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR ANY SPECIFIC CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES OF, OR CONNECTED WITH, SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES

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
£5.8m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £146,929,554, which is below the stated policy target of covering at least two years' ordinary expenditure and grants. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £10,569,486 for the year, primarily driven by investment losses, while total expenditure exceeded total income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income from: Donations and legacies 3 114,139”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two years’ ordinary expenditure and grants (reserves figure: £146.9m)
“The current reserves policy is to maintain reserves at a level that will cover at least two years’ ordinary expenditure and grants within the Charity's objects.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£5.8m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£475k
Reserves (reported)
£146.9m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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£5.8m£6.5m
05/04/2024£47.0m£3.3m
05/04/2023£91.3m£179k
05/04/2022£291k£7.2m
05/04/2021£6.9m£875k

Common questions

Is THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £146,929,554, which is below the stated policy target of covering at least two years' ordinary expenditure and grants. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £10,569,486 for the year, primarily driven by investment losses, while total expenditure exceeded total income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST£5.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MULLION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£45k—0below—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
VYOEL MOSHE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£981k—0below—no doubt
MARY ALICE HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THORESBY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£59k—0above—no doubt

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