THE CHARLES CAUSLEY TRUST

Registered charity 1152107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This Charity was dormant up until 31st July 2014. From that date it began to take over the activities of The Charles Causley Trust (charity number 1102459). Its objects are the advancement of education in literature and poetry, particularly in relation to the works of Charles Causley, and the maintenance of Cyprus Well. Grants are made to potential writers and poets from Cornwall and Devon.

Objects

- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN LITERATURE AND POETRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORKS CHARLES CAUSLEY AND THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF CYPRUS WELL AND ITS ENVIRONS AND THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRUSTS PERMANENT COLLECTION AS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO DR CAUSLEY.- THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, BURSARIES OR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE RELIEF OF POTENTIAL WRITERS AND POETS FROM CORNWALL, DEVON AND ISLES OF SCILLY WHO ARE IN NEED AND ARE SHOWING LITERARY TALENT

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: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £237,109, with free reserves available at £35,077 after deducting fixed assets. The trustees report a positive net income of £2,351 for the year and confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The King Charles III Fund — “This years festival is generously sponsored by The King Charles III Fund, Falmouth Poetry Group, WBW Solicitors, FEAST, Gerard and Jean Nutt…” (source page)
• Falmouth Poetry Group — “This years festival is generously sponsored by The King Charles III Fund, Falmouth Poetry Group, WBW Solicitors, FEAST, Gerard and Jean Nutt…” (source page)
• WBW Solicitors — “This years festival is generously sponsored by The King Charles III Fund, Falmouth Poetry Group, WBW Solicitors, FEAST, Gerard and Jean Nutt…” (source page)
• FEAST — “This years festival is generously sponsored by The King Charles III Fund, Falmouth Poetry Group, WBW Solicitors, FEAST, Gerard and Jean Nutt…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr David Devannychair
• Annabel Friedlein
• Celine Elliott
• Georgina Ruth Nayler · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joan Bernadette Vickers Heaton
• Michael Alan Cooper
• Orla McHale

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIELDNOTES.

• FIELDNOTES income £25k
• CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL income £485k
• THE CRESWELL HERITAGE TRUST income £1.6m
• THE CHAUCER HERITAGE TRUST income £235k
• THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST income £370k
• THE POETRY SOCIETY income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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