ANN CONROY TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1165808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ann Conroy Trust is the only UK wide charity providing educational material about Chiari Malformation & Syringomyelia. The charity funds appropriate research, education of medical professionals and raises awareness. Produces information booklets distributed throughout the UK. Provides a support helpline and arranges meetings where patients, families and carers can meet others with the conditions.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO SYRINGOMYELIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING SUPPORT FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THESE CONDITIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £22,632 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £551,937. The trustees report that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds its funds in mainstream banking to protect against inflation and banking crises, with no more than £85,000 held in any single banking group.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: protect them from inflationary pressures... excess income... used to meet our day-to-day running costs and then to fund individual projects (held: £552k)

“Our underlying policy is to invest our reserve funds in such a way as to protect them from inflationary pressures that might otherwise reduce their real value. Thereafter, excess income that they generate can be used to meet our day-to-day running costs and then to fund individual projects upon which we may embark.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 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.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE ANN CONROY TRUST (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GRAHAM ARTHUR FLINTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Sutherland
Jezz Wright
Joseph Selwyn Yates
Julie Millward
Nicholas Haden

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£40k	£23k
31/12/2024	£41k	£18k
31/12/2023	£42k	£26k
31/12/2022	£34k	£22k
31/12/2021	£21k	£10k

Common questions

Is ANN CONROY TRUST CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £22,632 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £551,937. The trustees report that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds its funds in mainstream banking to protect against inflation and banking crises, with no more than £85,000 held in any single banking group. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.