THE SAMUEL TAK LEE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1161914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity identifies centres of educational excellence, such as universities, in need of funding for particular educational projects. This can include funding for educational or research facilities and the provision of education generally. The beneficiaries of the Charity are students worldwide. The Charity operates in England and Wales, China, Hong Kong and the United States of America.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH MAKING GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF THOSE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION DUE TO THEIR ECONOMIC AND/OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.2) 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,747,975, primarily in cash, with no stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm the charity can meet its obligations as they fall due and have assessed that resources are sufficient for at least 12 months, indicating no material uncertainty regarding 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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• STL PTC UK (NO 2) LIMITED
• STL PTC UK LIMITED

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

Operates in: China · Hong Kong · United States

Income and spending

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