THE CAPTAINS TRUST

Registered charity 1144981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support organisations & individuals affected by circumstances outside their control. We aim to help & encourage others around them to overcome difficulties they'll face as a result. We mainly support projects on the Wirral, focusing on raising funds for cancer and health related charities allowing them to make the lives of those affected more comfortable & help them to conquer their condition.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME PRIMARILY TO THE SUPPORTING OF CANCER AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED CHARITIES AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell from £43,587 to £13,731 due to charitable expenditure of £101,184 exceeding total income of £72,600. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months of donations paid, and the current unrestricted funds of £13,731 are below this target given the significant drop in balance. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Graham Crowdenchair
• Hilary Spooner
• Victoria Crowden
• julie Donnelly

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Liverpool City · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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