THOMAS KNOWLES

Registered charity 1176659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the charity owns a farm which is rented.

Objects

THE INCOME RECEIVED BY EACH BODY OF LOCAL TRUSTEES SHALL BE APPLIED BY THEM IN MAKING PAYMENTS, UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING HEADS, FOR THE BENEFIT EITHER OF THE POOR OF THE INTERESTED TOWNSHIP GENERALLY, OR OF SUCH DESERVING AND NECESSITOUS PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN AS THE TRUSTEES SELECT FOR THIS PURPOSE AND IN SUCH WAY AS THEY CONSIDER MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE RECIPIENTS AND MOST CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF PROVIDENT HABITS:-1. SUBSCRIPTIONS OR DONATIONS IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF (A) ANY DISPENSARY, INFIRMARY, HOSPITAL OR CONVALESCENT HOME OR ANY INSTITUTION IN WHICH CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM ANY BODILY INFIRMITY ARE TAUGHT ANY TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT WHETHER GENERAL OR SPECIAL UPON SUCH TERMS (SO FAR AS MAY BE) AS ENABLE THE TRUSTEES TO SECURE THE BENEFITS OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY. (B) ANY PROVIDENT CLUB OR SOCIETY ESTABLISHED IN OR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE INTERESTED TOWNSHIP FOR THE SUPPLY OF COAL, CLOTHING OR OTHER NECESSARIES.2. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS (A) THE PROVISION OF NURSES FOR THE SICK AND INFIRM. (B) THE TRAVELLING EXPENSES OF PATIENTS TO AND FROM SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS ARE ABOVE MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 1 (A). (B) THE PURCHASE OF ANNUITIES EITHER PRESENT OR DEFERRED OR THE AUGMENTATION OF ANY INCOME OR OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT POSSESSED BY THE RECIPIENT WHICH SHALL BE PROVED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE TRUSTEES TO BE PROPERLY SECURED AND TO HAVE PRODUCED BY HIS OR HER OWN EXERTIONS OR PROVIDENCE. (D) THE COST OF AN OUTFIT ON ENTERING A TRADE OR OCCUPATION, OR INTO SERVICE OF ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.3. THE SUPPLY OF (A) CLOTHES, LINEN, BEDDING, FUEL, TOOLS , MEDICAL OR OTHER AID IN SICKNESS, FOOD OR OTHER ARTICLES IN KIND TO AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 5L IN ANY ONE YEAR (B) TEMPORARY RELIEF IN MONEY BY WAY OF A LOAN OR OTHERWISE IN CASES OF UNEXPECTED LOSS OR SUDDEN DESTITUTION NOT EXCEEDING 5 L IN ANY ONE YEARPROVIDING THAT THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE IN NO CASE SUPPLIED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY RATES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR OR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE INTERESTED TOWNSHIP SO THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITUTION MAY BECOME ENTITLED TO A PERIODICAL OR RECURRENT BENEFIT THEREFROM

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wyre, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £26,667.11, comprising rent, investment income, and wayleave payments. Expenditure totaled £22,603.83, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The document does not disclose any reserves policy, auditor, or significant financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/10/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 02/09/2024, 2 days after the 31/08/2024 due date); year ending 31/10/2021 (received 13/10/2022, 43 days after the 31/08/2022 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: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£27k£23k
31/10/2024£25k£15k
31/10/2023£46k£16k
31/10/2022£24k£31k
31/10/2021£12k£4k

Common questions

Is THOMAS KNOWLES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £26,667.11, comprising rent, investment income, and wayleave payments. Expenditure totaled £22,603.83, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The document does not disclose any reserves policy, auditor, or significant financial risks.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KNOW YOUR BIBLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THOMAS KNOWLES£27k—0unclear—no doubt
KNOW YOUR BIBLE FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THAMES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0above—no doubt
THAMES FOUNDATION FY2025£524k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMES TOMKINSON MEMORIAL COTTAGES TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt

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