THE BELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1194408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£254k

Latest spending

£2k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £368,963 as of 5 April 2025, having received £250,000 in donations and incurred £1,856 in charitable expenditure. The trustees report no reserves policy but confirm adequate resources for going concern. No grant awards were made during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 12. Related party transactions

“During the period Anthony Robert Bell, a Trustee, donated £100,000 (2024 - £71,650) to the charity. During the period Carol Rosemary Bell, a Trustee, donated £100,000 (2024 - £Nil) to the charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Robert Bellchair
Carol Rosemary Bell

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£254k	£2k
05/04/2024	£116k	£1k
05/04/2023	£9	£1k
05/04/2022	£105k	£102k

Common questions

Is THE BELL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £368,963 as of 5 April 2025, having received £250,000 in donations and incurred £1,856 in charitable expenditure. The trustees report no reserves policy but confirm adequate resources for going concern. No grant awards were made during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£590k
THE JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A J BELL TRUST.

A J BELL TRUST income £175k
J O CHARITABLE TRUST income £195k
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED income £725k
ROSS RUSSELL TRUST income £169k
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BELL CHARITABLE TRUST	£254k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
A J BELL TRUST FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED FY2024	£725k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROSS RUSSELL TRUST FY2025	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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