THE CASCIA TRUST

Registered charity 1151303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To benefit such charities and such charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITIES AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.(2) NOTHING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£94k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,406,146, which the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of maintaining 12 months of fixed expenses and a capital base for grant-making. The organization remains on a going concern basis with a healthy cash balance and minimal fixed costs. Investment income provided the majority of total income, while donations from a trustee were nil for the current year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet the fixed expenses for at least 12 months and to provide an invested capital base capable of supporting grant-making over the longer term (reserves figure: £2.4m)
“The Trustees aim to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet the fixed expenses for at least 12 months and to provide an invested capital base capable of supporting grant-making over the longer term.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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
31/12/2025£60k£94k
31/12/2024£312k£96k
31/12/2023£62k£81k
31/12/2022£276k£93k
31/12/2021£468k£81k

Common questions

Is THE CASCIA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,406,146, which the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of maintaining 12 months of fixed expenses and a capital base for grant-making. The organization remains on a going concern basis with a healthy cash balance and minimal fixed costs. Investment income provided the majority of total income, while donations from a trustee were nil for the current year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CASCIA TRUST£60k——unclear—no doubt
THE MARCELA TRUST FY2025£8.3m£220,001 - £230,0002above—no doubt
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
ACACIA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GITTA TANGYE TRUST FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
SISI AND SAVITA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£30k—0above—no doubt

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