SEAVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1203883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (OBJECTS) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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

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

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £29,916, while grants awarded totaled £90,500, with the shortfall funded by a transfer from expendable endowment funds. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £22,714 and an expendable endowment fund with a market value of £2,631,135. The trustees report no funds in deficit and no material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (88% of income)
“Total incoming resources for the year were £29,916 (2025: £34,647), comprising investment income and bank interest.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (reserves figure: £23k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Limited is a corporate trustee and received fees for administration and cash management.
“Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid £12,232 (2025: £14,164) for trust administration and cash management fees during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 9 of the trust deed.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 11/04/2026

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 11/04/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 11/04/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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
11/04/2026£102k£114k
11/04/2025£99k£101k
11/04/2024£21k£80k

Common questions

Is SEAVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £29,916, while grants awarded totaled £90,500, with the shortfall funded by a transfer from expendable endowment funds. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £22,714 and an expendable endowment fund with a market value of £2,631,135. The trustees report no funds in deficit and no material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEAVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SEABY FOUNDATION FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£99k——unclear—no doubt
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£120k——unclear—no doubt
INTRUST FY2026£482k——unclear—no doubt
MISS PATRICIA ANN HERBERTS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£61k——unclear—no doubt

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