THE FREDERICK RAY TRUST

Registered charity 200204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Almshousing.

Objects

PROVISION OF COTTAGES FOR OCCUPATION BY AGED, POOR OR INFIRM PERSONS WHO MAY BE EITHER SINGLE PERSONS OF EITHER SEX OR MARRIED COUPLES. PREFERENCE TO BE GIVEN FIRST TO PERSONS WHO (OR IN THE CASE OF A MARRIED COUPLE AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM) SHALL HAVE BEEN IN THE SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT OF THE LATE FREDERICK RAY AND NEXT TO INHABITANTS OF RURAL KEMPSTON, STAGSDEN OR BEDFORD. ANY SURPLUS INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED IN MAKING WEEKLY OR OTHER ALLOWANCES TO OCCUPANTS AND, IF TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN PURCHASING NECESSITIES OR COMFORTS FOR THEM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: KEMPSTON RURAL, STAGSDEN, AND BEDFORD

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £33,585 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total unrestricted net assets (excluding property value) of £620,693. The trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate to meet future refurbishment costs and potential property acquisitions.

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 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Phoebe Alicia Joyce Raychair
• Albert Charles Edward Ray
• Gerald Stephen McCarthy
• Jonathan Barry Maddox
• Michael Scott Hurford
• NICHOLAS TAUBMAN REDMAYNE · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROWENA MARY ANN RAY

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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