THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1154637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the Foundation are to make grants in furtherance of the charitable objectives.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;2) TO PROMOTE THE PLAYING OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL EXERTION; 3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND4) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £333,653, which the trustees consider adequate to meet liabilities for at least 12 months. The charity incurred a net income of £881,899, driven by significant investment gains, while total expenditure was £310,991. The trustees have updated their reserves policy to target six months of core operating expenditure, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties.

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.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Archibald Philip Thomas de Courcy Hunter
• LORD STAFFORD
• Richard Edwin Poole · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE HARTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £67k
• THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST income £58k
• THE CHAILEY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £33k
• THE OAKLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £79k
• THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY income £792k
• PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £140k

Side by side with its peers

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