THE ALISTER HARDY TRUST

Registered charity 1164168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, ITS NATURE, FUNCTION, FREQUENCY AND PURPORT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves amounted to £297,519, held mainly in an investment portfolio that generates recurring income. The trustees report that the investment portfolio recovered sufficiently to cover a £25,000 withdrawal made to fund the Archive Conservation Project. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern about the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alister Hardy Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVD CANON PROFESSOR LESLIE JOHN FRANCISchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• MICHAEL RUSH BSC MA
• Professor John Harper
• Rev Dr Tania ap Sion
• THE REVD PROFESSOR ANDREW VILLAGE
• dr Thomas William Dashwood Farley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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