The Movements Trust Limited

Registered charity 1194447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOVEMENTS TRUST LIMITED, The Movements Trust

Supporting Charitable Movements focused on the intersection between society and climate change.

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Latest income

£631k

Latest spending

£655k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,467, which the trustees confirm is above their policy target of three months of core expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £36,781 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £90,460.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core expenditure (held: £58k)

“keep 3 months of core expenditure in reserves in order to maintain our services.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£631k

Total spending

£655k

Cost of raising funds

£14k

Reserves (reported)

£30k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Mills
JANET THORNE
Letitica Thomas
Tarek Hasan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£631k	£655k
31/03/2024	£273k	£237k
31/03/2023	£458k	£407k
31/03/2022	£16k	£14k

Common questions

Is The Movements Trust Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,467, which the trustees confirm is above their policy target of three months of core expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £36,781 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £90,460. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Movements Trust Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Movements Trust Limited as a grant recipient include THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION, NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST, GOWER STREET, THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£220k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£97k	Community Resilience
GOWER STREET	FY2022	£24k	Social, Economic and Environmental Justice
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£20k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k

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 NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£70

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST.

AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST income £161k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH income £173k
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
MOYNITRUST income £164k
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA income £450k
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Movements Trust Limited	£631k	—	above	—	no doubt
AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST FY2024	£161k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2024	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	above	29.3%	no doubt
MOYNITRUST FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA FY2025	£450k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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