Maple Leaf Trust

Registered charity 1168630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CANADA-UK FOUNDATION

The mission of the Canada-UK Foundation is to broaden perspectives and encourage new thinking and collaboration on issues and topics that build stronger links between Canada and the United Kingdom. The Foundation exists to support and foster a greater understanding of Canada and the contributions made by Canadians to the international community.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are:1. the advancement of the education of the public in Canada and the United Kingdom concerning the culture, heritage, history, Indigenous groups, environment and other matters relating to both countries, by doing the following:i) providing structured learning programs, including but not limited to, seminars, workshops and panel discussions; ii) providing endowments to educational institutions in the United Kingdom of chairs of Canadian studies; and iii) providing grants, bursaries and scholarships or other forms of financial assistance to any person to enrol in educational institutions and/or training programmes in the United Kingdom or Canada;2. to relieve poverty, distress and sickness for the public benefit, particularly for Canadian citizens or persons of Canadian origin and their families, special regard being given to the relief of need amongst former Canadian Armed Forces men and women and their dependents who are in need and resident in the United Kingdom, including, without limitation, providing financial assistance to in-need Canadian veterans and their families living in the United Kingdom by organising fundraising events; and3. the advancement of health or the saving of lives by gifting funds to registered charities involved in cancer research and to raise awareness of cancer research, including, without limitation, organising and promoting various Terry Fox Runs for Cancer Research in the United Kingdom.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £344,908, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £349,892. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern. The financial review notes that total income was predominantly derived from net assets transferred during a merger, with unrestricted funds held at £130,970.

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What the accounts disclose

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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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katharine Davidsonchair
• Ashley Gallant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clara Gonzalez Martin
• Courtney Lay
• Douglas McPhee
• Jerry del Missier
• Kaylyn Fraser
• Kirsty MacDonald
• Neil Johnson
• Robert Brant
• Steve Lowe

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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