THE BLAKEBANK TRUST

Registered charity 1189954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes. The Trust makes donations to registered UK charities. Trust is open to applications

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (OBJECTS) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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 total assets increased to £2,740,627, with unrestricted funds of £1,471,454 and expendable endowment funds of £1,269,173. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Reserves are monitored against a policy target of three months' running costs, though the specific unrestricted reserve figure relative to that target is not explicitly calculated in the text.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 19/05/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.9% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR Hilary Frances Crowe
• Dr DANIEL BUTLER
• ELIZABETH HANNAH KIRSCH
• SARAH HELEN de MARS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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