THE HELEN LOEWENSTEIN MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1181595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds through the donations of friends and supporters and by arranging fund-raising activities. These funds are used to award grants to Liberian trainee midwives who otherwise would not be able to study midwifery, by paying their course fees and essential study costs. Contracts are agreed with trainees and training institutes to ensure that the funds are used for the purposes intended

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MAKING GRANTS TO TRAINEE MIDWIVES IN LIBERIA WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO UNDERTAKE THEIR TRAINING TO BECOME QUALIFIED MIDWIVES.

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 net assets increased to £143,070, comprising unrestricted cash of £93,551 and investments valued at £45,404. The trustees report that the charity raised over £31,000 during the year and has established a strategy to invest funds to ensure long-term financial sustainability. There are no stated material uncertainties or risks regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Loewenstein BA, MScchair
• Carol Susan McCormick
• Carolyn Anne Sophia Mack
• Celia Jane Knight
• Esther Draycott
• Jessica Frances Viner
• Lorna Rosemary Somersall BA
• Nicholas Robert Loewenstein
• Philippa Mary MacKeith
• Stella Alys Louise Nickolay BEd

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

Operates in: Liberia

Income and spending

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