BRITAIN-NEPAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1207669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NEPAL, THE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EMERGENCY OR DISASTER BY:-1. ADVANCING EDUCATION BY MEANS OF CONSTRUCTION, TRAINING OR RESOURCING PROJECTS;2. IMPROVING HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH AWARENESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MATERIALS, MEDICINES AND SKILLS AND BY THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES;3. ADVANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMMES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC AMENITIES SUCH AS BRIDGES OR WATER PROJECTS;4. PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGH SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; AND5. THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.AND TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS BY MAKING GRANTS TO EXISTING ORGANISATIONS OR BY SETTING UP NEW PROJECTS ORGANISED AND RUN BY THE BRITAIN-NEPAL CHARITABLE TRUST ITSELF.[NOTHING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORIZE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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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Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society's unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £5,940.01 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year largely due to a £28,710 transfer to a linked charitable trust. The trustees report that despite falling membership and disappointing event attendance, income from subscriptions and donations continues to produce a modest surplus. Consequently, the committee considers the Society's financial position to be sound and provides a reasonable basis for continued operation.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Britain-Nepal Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Jonathan Helson Hinton MBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Jay Marston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew James Sparkes CMG
• Colonel James Nicholas Briers Birch OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Anil Shrestha
• Elizabeth Caroline Melville Woodcock
• LISA WHITEHOUSE-FOSKETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mahendra Bahadur Shrestha
• Rupert Litherland

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

Operates in: Nepal

Income and spending

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