THE GEOFFREY HAROLD GREATREX CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1185761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHER SURGICAL PRACTICES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH: I) THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES FOR STUDIES AND RELATED COSTS TO PERSONS STUDYING AT THE NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND AND SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHOULD SEE FIT. II) THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR COSTS FOR STUDENTS UNDERTAKING MEDICAL OR SURGICAL RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, THE USEFUL RESULTS WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED. III) THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF AND STUDENTS

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £2,321,418 at the year end, with free reserves of £62,700 held in cash to cover grant commitments. The charity generated a net income of £58,590, driven largely by investment gains, while expenditure on charitable activities and core costs totaled £172,795. The trustees aim to preserve the initial capital of approximately £2 million while generating an income stream to fund future grants.

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 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Wardchair
• Dr Peter Pulsford Dawson BSC, MB
• Louisa Michelle Finlay

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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