NIGEL MARSHALL TRUST FUND

Registered charity 1213148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Application of net income for: (1) support of St Helen's Church, Lea, Gainsborough; and, or in default: (2) scholarships for pupils of Rugby School; or, in default: (3) scholarships for students of Queens' College, Cambridge; or, in default: (4) preservation and repair of ancient, historic or ecclesiastic buildings or those of particular architectural interest in the Gainsborough area.

Objects

1. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF A STAINED-GLASS WINDOW OR OTHER MEMORIAL IN THE CHURCH OF ST HELEN, LEA, GAINSBOROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE DN21 5EG (THE "CHURCH") PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 5 OF THE WILL DATED 14 APRIL 2016 OF NIGEL BERNARD DICKENSON MARSHALL (THE "WILL") AS MODIFIED BY HIS CODICIL DATED 29 OCTOBER 2016, WHICH STAINED-GLASS WINDOW WAS DULY COMPLETED AND ON 7 FEBRUARY 2022 APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES, AS TO £1,000,000 (THE "CHURCH FUND") FOR SO LONG ONLY AS: (1) THE GRAVES AND GRAVESTONES IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF HIS FATHER, MOTHER AND HIMSELF ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED; AND: (2) THE TRUSTEES BELIEVE THE CHURCH IS BEING USED FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK FOR 40 WEEKS OF THE YEAR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6.1 OF OF THE WILL, TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHURCH FUND ON THE ACQUISITION OF SPECIFIC ITEMS OF FURNITURE OR FABRIC FOR THE CHURCH INCLUDING WORKS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR REPAIRS TO ANY PART OF THE FABRIC THEREOF, BUT NOT ON GENERAL MAINTENANCE, AND ON ANY TRANSFER OF THE CHURCH FUND TO TO THE DIOCESAN TRUST OR SIMILAR INSTITUTION THE CHURCH FUND SHALL DETERMINE.2. TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE RESIDUE OF THE TRUST FUND (INCLUDING THE CHURCH FUND IN THE EVENT THAT THIS SHALL DETERMINE) FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PUPILS OF RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY, WARWICKSHIRE CV 22 5DH ("RUGBY") PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9 OF THE WILL, CONDITIONALLY INTER ALIA ON RUGBY RETAINING ITS CHARITABLE STATUS.3. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GIFT TO RUGBY SHALL DETERMINE, TO HOLD THE TRUST FUND SIMILARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE OF ST MARGARET AND ST BERNARD IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE CB3 9ET ("QUEENS' COLLEGE") PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9.6 OF THE WILL.4. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GIFTS TO BOTH RUGBY AND QUEENS' COLLEGE SHALL DETERMINE, TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND ON THE PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF OF ANCIENT, HISTORIC OR ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS IN THE GAINSBOROUGH AREA OR BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9.7 OF THE WILL.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2025
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,608,971, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of one year's income (£80,477). The charity reports a net movement in funds of £309,301 for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s income (reserves figure: £2.6m)
“The reserve policy adopted by the Trustees is the retention for contingencies of one year’s income.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal and professional fees paid to Underwood Solicitors LLP, a firm of which a member is also a Trustee.
“During the year the trust incurred legal and professional fees amounting to £8,890 (2024: £6,113) to Underwood Solicitors LLP, a firm of which a member is also a Trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: Lincolnshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£80k£44k

Common questions

Is NIGEL MARSHALL TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,608,971, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of one year's income (£80,477). The charity reports a net movement in funds of £309,301 for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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
THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£15k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with D G MARSHALL OF CAMBRIDGE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NIGEL MARSHALL TRUST FUND£80k——unclear—no doubt
D G MARSHALL OF CAMBRIDGE TRUST FY2025£73k—0within—no doubt
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025£71k—0above—no doubt
PHILIP NICHOLAS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£41k—0above—no doubt
NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST FY2025£773k——above—no doubt

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