THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1154521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST WITH POWER IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUSTTO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE CHARITIES (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) IN SUCH SHARES IF MORE THAN ONE AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY SHALL ALSO HAVE POWER (NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING TRUSTS IN RESPECT OF SUCH INCOME) DURING THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM MY DEATH IF IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION IT SHALL THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME TO ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF THE INCOME OF THE TRUST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME THEREOF IN ANY INVESTMENTS HEREBY AUTHORISED AND ADDING THE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST.THE CHARITIES MEANS: PDSA, CANCER RESEARCH UK, SCOPE, ARTHRITIS RESEARCH UK, THE NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, NSPCC, THE STROKE UNIT AT CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL, THE COMPANY MAY INCLUDE SIMILAR CHARITIES DEALING WITH CHILDREN, ANIMALS, CANCER RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCH OF DISEASES OF THE ELDERLY

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£171k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total incoming resources of £51,023, primarily from investment income and bank interest. It made grants totaling £142,722, funded in part by a transfer from its expendable endowment fund. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £8,740, which the trustees consider modest but appropriate given the availability of the larger endowment fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: investment income and bank interest
“Total incoming resources for the year were £51,023 (2024: £34,528), comprising investment income and bank interest.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: The trustees aim to maintain a modest level of free reserves to provide flexibility in the timing of grant-making and to meet ongoing administration costs. (reserves figure: £9k)
“The trustees aim to maintain a modest level of free reserves to provide flexibility in the timing of grant-making and to meet ongoing administration costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company (Southampton) Ltd is a corporate trustee. The fees paid to it are disclosed as related-party transactions.
“Ludlow Trust Company (Southampton) Ltd (previously known as HSBC but was taken over on 1 March 2025) was paid £27,187 (2024: £20,790) for trust administration fees and investment management fees during the year under review.”
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 27/12/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 27/12/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • 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
27/12/2025£120k£171k
27/12/2024£49k£24k
05/04/2024£55k£79k
05/04/2023£40k£52k
05/04/2022£28k£64k

Common questions

Is THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total incoming resources of £51,023, primarily from investment income and bank interest. It made grants totaling £142,722, funded in part by a transfer from its expendable endowment fund. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £8,740, which the trustees consider modest but appropriate given the availability of the larger endowment fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISS PATRICIA ANN HERBERTS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST£120k——unclear—no doubt
MISS PATRICIA ANN HERBERTS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£61k——unclear—no doubt
THE DENNARD FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£27k——below—no doubt
SEAVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£99k——unclear—no doubt
THE KATHLEEN LAURENCE TRUST FY2026£93k——unclear—no doubt

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