SNOWDON TRUST

Registered charity 1197627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We make financial grants to disabled individuals studying in the UK in further or higher education or training towards employment. Our grants are designed to help cover additional disability-related study costs and to accelerate future leaders through their studies.

Objects

TO ASSIST DISABLED PERSONS TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL GRANTS AND OTHER PRACTICAL SUPPORT THAT ENHANCES THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, DRIVES THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE, AND BETTER EQUIPS THEM FOR AND IN THE WORKPLACE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a modest surplus of £9,024 for the year ended 30 April 2026, following a deficit in the previous year. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £762,856, which the trustees note is equivalent to approximately 10 months of planned expenditure, while total unrestricted reserves including property were £936,200. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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).

• Schroders — “Funder profile Find out more about one of our key funder partnerships and how we work together to break down barriers for disabled students.…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Greenechair
• Alicia Loh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anji Hunter
• Dr Paolo S Dasgupta
• JOHN ROUS MILLIGAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacob Joseph Meagher
• John Andrew Kneen
• LADY FRANCES ARMSTRONG-JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Molly Lawson
• Nicholas Thomas
• SIMON PREECE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST.

• THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST income £285k
• THE SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION income £223k
• THE DROMINTEE TRUST income £717k
• DERWEN COLLEGE income £17.9m
• THE SUTASOMA TRUST income £134k
• DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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