THE CYBER TRUST

Registered charity 1171883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Identifying those vulnerable and at risk of cyber crime in association with local police forces and other relevant organisations (elderly, schools and youth groups, associations and charities). Providing training via workshops, workbooks and plans and support through campaigns, social media groups and forums, newsletters etc Raising awareness and undertaking research as necessary.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROTECTION OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE AREA OF PERSONAL CYBER SECURITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY TRAINING, RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THOSE MOST AT RISK.(B) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NATIONALLY

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £24,512, driven by donations of £26,400 against total expenditure of £11,374. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, confirming a going concern basis. The charity's stated reserves policy is simply described as having 'a small surplus fund' with active fundraising efforts underway.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cyber Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Robert Lawrence Nowillchair
• David John Thomson
• Dr Nina Reeves
• Emma Jane Shaw
• Zayd Abdullah Dawood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION.

• INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION income £7.0m
• CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST income £2.7m
• CHARITIES TRUST income £74.4m
• HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £162k
• THE CYBER HELPLINE income £403k
• ACTS 435 income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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