THE JOHN SIMONDS TRUST

Registered charity 1197339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education in the Countryside

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING OF: (1) ENCOURAGING THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP, SELF-CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE AND MUTUAL RESPECT IN YOUNG PEOPLE; (2) PROMOTING A LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE; (3) ENABLING PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AGRICULTURE; (4) DEVELOPING CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust had a net outflow of funds of £6,151 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to an outflow of £11,803 in the previous year. Total income was £248,936, while total expenditure on charitable activities and other costs amounted to £284,567. The Trustees consider the reserves position of £263k, held in liquid investments, to be satisfactory against a required minimum of £214k.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The John Simonds Trust — “The John Simonds Trust encourages children to learn about themselves and the countryside, in the beautiful setting of the historic Rushall M…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY MARTIN RUANE
• DAVID CHRISTOPHER WRAIGHT
• DAVID JOHN SIMONDS
• ELISABETH ANNE BISHOP
• ELISABETH LINDSAY BISHOP
• HENRY ROBERT DOWNING FULLERTON OBE
• JOHN MILLER DL
• John Dexter Bishop OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• LOUISE CLARE HUTCHINS
• RICHARD GARETH GRIFFITHS DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Henry Ronald Benyon Lord · trustee of 1 other charity
• SARAH MILNER-SIMONDS

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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Known funders

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