THE RICE-JONES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1171890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports students who show academic promise and who aspire to become a lawyer (either a solicitor or a barrister) or a doctor but do not have the financial means to fund their studies or associated expenses.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE: THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEE DECIDES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING BY:3.1.1 AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES AND GRANTS TO SUPPORT STUDY AT UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION BY INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF THEIR VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO BECOME A SOLICITOR, BARRISTER OR DOCTOR; AND3.1.2 FUNDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING TOWARDS ENTRY INTO THE LEGAL OR MEDICAL PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The trust holds total unrestricted and endowment funds of £4,714,256, with unrestricted funds standing at £136,198. The accounts state that there is no specific reserves policy target, as the trust has no ongoing financial obligations other than small administrative expenditure. The trustees confirm the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 2 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding 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 05/04/2022 (received 13/02/2023, 8 days after the 05/02/2023 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~220.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Simon Fontes
• Peter Richard Haigh-Lumby
• Simon Barnett

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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