TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1170579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing funds for the public benefit

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE TRACE GROUP AND THEIR RELATIVES – EXCLUDING THE TRUSTEES AND THE TRUSTEES’ RELATIVES) IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD: 1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY. 2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, SICKNESS, POOR HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.3) TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO JEWISH ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, KOL NEFESH MASORTI SYNAGOGUE. 4) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR UK RESIDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS SO THEY CAN PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION AT UK UNIVERSITIES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE “UK RESIDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS” MEANS STUDENTS WHO: * ARE STUDYING A FULL OR PART TIME UNDERGRADUATE OR POSTGRADUATE COURSE* ARE CHARGED A TUITION FEE OF AT LEAST 9,000* HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 25,000 OR UNDER AND HAVE APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM STUDENT FINANCE ENGLAND (SFE), STUDENT FINANCE WALES (SFW), STUDENT FINANCE NORTHERN IRELAND (SFNI) OR STUDENT AWARDS AGENCY FOR SCOTLAND (SAAS). 5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,507,454, driven by higher donation income and gift aid. The charity reported a net income of £277,012 against charitable expenditure of £74,369, resulting in a strong unrestricted fund balance with no stated reserves policy target or liquidity risks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from a trustee
“During the year, £230,000 (£85,000) of donations were received from a trustee of the charity. Page 9” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 13/05/2026, 97 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 31/12/2025, 329 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 27/01/2025, 357 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£350k£74k
05/04/2024£157k£33k
05/04/2023£83k£57k
05/04/2022£98k£6k
05/04/2021£306k£28k

Common questions

Is TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,507,454, driven by higher donation income and gift aid. The charity reported a net income of £277,012 against charitable expenditure of £74,369, resulting in a strong unrestricted fund balance with no stated reserves policy target or liquidity risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST£350k—0unclear—no doubt
THE I S A CHARITY FY2026£52k—0unclear—no doubt
REMEDY TRUST FY2025£959k—0unclear—no doubt
C A ROOKES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£197k—0unclear—no doubt
GOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£30k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GRACE TRUST FY2025£68.2m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.