RICHARD J LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1193496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees shall hold the capital and income of the charity's trust fund upon trust to apply the income, and all or such parts of the capital, at such time or times and in such manner to, or for the benefit of, such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the world as the trustees may in their discretion think fit.

Objects

3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE CHARITYÆS 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 EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT. 3.2 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 3.1, THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME, AND THE RESULTING INCOME, IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

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

Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains only metadata headers and Docusign envelope identifiers, with no financial data, narrative, or accounting statements present.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 02/02/2026, 2 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/09/2024, 215 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 14/04/2023, 73 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£581k
Total spending
£73k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£146k£83k
31/03/2024£133k£31k
31/03/2023£581k£73k
31/03/2022£3k£57k

Common questions

Is RICHARD J LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains only metadata headers and Docusign envelope identifiers, with no financial data, narrative, or accounting statements present.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RICHARD J LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST£146k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A.D. CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£25k——unclear—no doubt
THE ROLY AND JUNE TONGE FOUNDATION FY2024£267k—0unclear—no doubt
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£539k—0above—no doubt
THE CHRISTOPHER & KIRSTY JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£125k—0unclear—no doubt
FRED GOLDFINCH DEC CHARITABLE WILL TRUST FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.