THE WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1159965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants to local (Northern England), medical and for humanitarian purposes (Worldwide) to organisations or individuals.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE FOR SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING GRANTS, LOANS OR OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT.3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT A CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £210,150 at the year end, following a net movement in funds of -£15,601. The Trustees report no reserves policy as they intend to expend capital at their discretion, and confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN WATSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLAIRE WATSON
• Craig Watson
• Hugh Welch
• MARK WATSON
• Max Watson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE WARSHAW FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £28k
• THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £151k
• THE MANSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £38k
• THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k
• THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION income £582k
• WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £584k

Side by side with its peers

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