UMN SUPPORT TRUST

Registered charity 1151842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

UMNST is an independent Christian charity focusing on addressing poverty primarily in Nepal by in particular, but not solely, promoting the charitable purposes of United Mission to Nepal an INGO that has worked only in Nepal for over sixty years to alleviate poverty, and its 50+ Nepali registered partner organisations and its two hospitals.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £437,585 to £359,863 during the year, driven by a net movement in restricted funds despite increased incoming resources. The charity holds £840,000 in loan funds from UMN, which are repayable on 28 days' notice and form a significant portion of its liquidity. The trustees confirm that all services are provided voluntarily and costs are kept to a minimum.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08219609

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LOCKWOOD, Peter Stuart — director, appointed 02/03/2022on trustee list
• TRIMBLE, Caroline Anne — director, appointed 02/03/2022on trustee list
• RODGERS, David Andrew, Dr — director, appointed 07/08/2019on trustee list
• HAFVENSTEIN, Joel Andrew, Mr. — director, appointed 24/05/2016on trustee list
• GALPIN, Christopher Mark, Dr — director, appointed 18/09/2012on trustee list
• LOCKWOOD, Peter Stuart — secretary, appointed 13/07/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 17/09/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR MARK GALPINchair
• Caroline Anne Trimble
• Dr David Andrew Rodgers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joel Andrew Hafvenstein
• Peter Stuart Lockwood

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

Operates in: Nepal

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

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

• THE HIMALAYAN TRUST UK CIO income £263k
• GLOBAL UMMAH TRUST income £351k
• UGANDA HUMANIST SCHOOLS TRUST (UK) income £230k
• MATTHEW TRUST UK income £121k
• MANAN TRUST income £2.7m
• SPIRITUALISTS' NATIONAL UNION TRUST income £598k

Side by side with its peers

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