THE MAURICE HENRY ROE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1159736 · 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

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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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Latest income
£33k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £3,480 at the end of the period, down from £6,919 in the prior year. The charity holds bank balances of £8,767 and investments valued at £675,070 within an expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (held: £3k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Ludlow Trust Company Ltd (corporate trustee) received £5,634 for trust administration and cash management fees. No individual trustees received remuneration.
“No trustee received any remuneration or was reimbursed any expenses in the year under review. Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid £5,634 for trust administration and cash management fees during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 13 of the trust deed.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
20/12/2025£33k£40k
20/12/2024£37k£41k
20/12/2023£16k£32k
20/12/2022£13k£178k
20/12/2021£11k£16k

Common questions

Is THE MAURICE HENRY ROE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £3,480 at the end of the period, down from £6,919 in the prior year. The charity holds bank balances of £8,767 and investments valued at £675,070 within an expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.