THE ALSTON TRUST

Registered charity 1188303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of people suffering from ill-health or disability in theUnited Kingdom.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO SUSTAINED AN INJURY WHILE HORSE RACING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION;TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OFPEOPLE WHO ARE OR WERE EMPLOYED BY, OR WHO ARE RELATED TO THOSE WHO WERE EMPLOYED BY TENANTS CONSOLIDATED LIMITED OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR SUCH COMPANIES WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME COME (THROUGH A CHANGE OF NAME TAKEOVER AMALGAMATION OR RECONSTRUCTION) TO REPRESENT THAT COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS; PEOPLE WHO ARE OR WERE INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES; AND GURKHAS AND FORMER GURKHAS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS; BY THE PURCHASE OF NECESSARY ITEMS OR SERVICES OR MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF THESE CONDITIONS; ANDTO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~231.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Jean Haley
• Peter Coe
• Richard Laurence Alexander
• Shan Elizabeth Hunter Martin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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