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IDS TRUST

Registered charity 1212242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY GIVING GRANTS TO CHARITIES WHOSE ACTIVITIES FULFIL THE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Three Rivers, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£206k
Latest spending
£4k
Registered
2025
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £201,113, with free reserves of £9,714. The trustees believe the financial position is satisfactory and that sufficient reserves exist to meet future obligations, noting that the policy target is three to six months of operating expenditure estimated at £5,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of normal operating expenditure (reserves figure: £10k)
“The trustees have determined that an appropriate level of reserves is approximately three to six months of normal operating expenditure” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A Myers (Trustee) made donations totalling £115,000 and gifted an interest in a partnership at £64,566.
“During the period, A Myers made donations totalling £115,000. In addition, on 23 January 2026, A Myers also gifted his interest in the Maven Co-Invest Galileo 2 LP at an agreed value of £64,566.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • 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
31/12/2025£206k£4k

Common questions

Is IDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £201,113, with free reserves of £9,714. The trustees believe the financial position is satisfactory and that sufficient reserves exist to meet future obligations, noting that the policy target is three to six months of operating expenditure estimated at £5,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES1£25k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN1£13k
Norwich Freemen's Charity1£10k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£10k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£6k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£4k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£3k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IDS TRUST£206k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSIST TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt
THE IRIS AND DAVID FREEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£40k—0unclear—no doubt
IOH FY2026£42k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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