THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST

Registered charity 1187395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the subject of literature.To promote the creative arts for the public benefit, especially literature, whether fiction, nonfiction,drama or poetry.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION IN THE SUBJECT OF LITERATURE;3.2 TO PROMOTE THE CREATIVE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THE ART OF LITERATURE, WHETHER FICTION, NON-FICTION, DRAMA OR POETRY, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF AWARDS TO AUTHORS OF LITERARY WORKS;3.3 TO ADVANCE HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION MENTAL HEALTH; AND3.4 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS, AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £6,710,127, which are being actively spent down over a planned period of around six years. The charity does not actively fundraise, relying entirely on investment returns from its endowment to cover charitable activities and governance costs.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~136.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sebastian Charles Faulks CBE, FRSLchair
• Clare Frances Alexander
• Lauren Christine Howard
• Simon Alexander Murray

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KEATLEY TRUST.

• THE KEATLEY TRUST income £60k
• ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £795k
• THE ELIZABETH CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST income £203k
• CARLTON LITTLE THEATRE TRUST income £54k
• THE AITKEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £86k
• CHARLOTTE MARSHALL CHARITABLE TRUST income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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