THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST

Registered charity 1183248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CIO makes grants to organisations in Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire for the advancement of education, traing health & religious activities. The Trustees review all requests for financial support and assess the probable impact on the community or organisation of providing financial help.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £36,681,306 at the period end, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £510,056 for the year, primarily driven by a decrease in the valuation of investments. The trustees' report confirms that the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

41 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (41 freehold); recorded price paid £325k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Michael Berridge
• Catherine Usher
• DAVID JOHN SMITH
• MARK STUART ARROWSMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY PHILIPPA ROSE JAMES · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD ARROWSMITH
• Richard Allinson

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• DAVID URI MEMORIAL TRUST income £357k
• THE LAWSON TRUST CIO income £676k
• SRINIVAS/ USHA CHARITABLE TRUST income £106k
• Forum CIO income £2.1m
• SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA NORTHAMPTON income £297k

Side by side with its peers

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