THE HOLBECK CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1146205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants to other charitable organisations or for recognised charitable purposes.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST FOR SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES ORCHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, OR FOR SUCH PURPOSE OR PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN SUCH SHARES OR PROPORTIONS AS THEY SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR,BUT NOT LIMITED TO(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROMMENTAL, OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO CHARITIES OR CHARITABLEORGANISATIONS WHICH CARRY OUT OR SUPPORT MEDICAL RESEARCH TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF ANDTHE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE PALLIATIVE CARE TO SUCH PERSONS;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIALAND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHO MAY ALSO BE VULNERABLE AND AT RISK OF DISCONTINUINGTHEIR ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN LEARNING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR PERSONAL,SOCIAL OR DOMESTIC LIVES BY GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUCH PERSONS TOATTEND OR TO ENCOURAGE OR SUPPORT THEM TO ATTEND SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHERRECOGNISED PLACE OF LEARNING OR TRAINING;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDENEW, OR IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR TEACHING, OR HEALTHY RECREATION AT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, ORUNIVERSITIES;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF, ORTOWARDS THE BUILDING OR RE-BUILDING COSTS, OF PLACES OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP TO IMPROVE FACILITIES TOPROVIDE SERVICES TO ENABLE BELIEVERS TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH AND THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TOCHARITIES, OR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;(E) THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN NEED WITHIN A COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE,IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES, OR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ORTHOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIALAND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(F) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND AMATEUR SPORTS BYTHE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ORGANISE COACHING AND TRAINING AND TO PROVIDE, SECURE AND DEVELOPPUBLIC GROUNDS, FACILITIES AND PREMISES FOR THE PLAYING OF TEAM GAMES AND AMATEUR SPORTS;(G) TO BENEFIT PEOPLE IN NEED IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AFFECTED BY NATURALDISASTERS OR BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR RELIEF OF FAMINE, OR THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT BY THEPROVISION OF FUNDS TO HELP CREATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES;(H) THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS ORSITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS MIGHT APPRECIATE ANDLEARN FROM THEM; AND(I) TO PROMOTE, FOSTER AND MAINTAIN FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ANAPPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN GENERAL INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET AND OTHER FORMS OF DANCE,MUSIC, SINGING, OPERA, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE,MAINTAIN, DEVELOP AND SUPPORT TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL COURSES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, LESSONS,CLASSES, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in the process of winding down due to a diminishing portfolio, resulting in a net expenditure of £63,000 for the year. Free reserves stood at £1,109,000, which the trustees regard as sufficient to meet outgoings and grant obligations during the wind-down period.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN RICHARD LANEchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• CAMILLA LOUISE SELIGMAN
• FRANCESCA ANN HORSFIELD
• JOSHUA MICHAEL JOHN HORSFIELD
• VICTORIA ANN DENMAN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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