THE THORNTON TRUST

Registered charity 205357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q104133649 · also known as THE DOUGLAS AND BETTY THORNTON TRUST

Providing grants for the promotion and furthering of the evangelical Christian faith and assisting in the relief of sickness, suffering and poverty in the name of Jesus, in the UK and abroad.

Objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT THE TRUSTEES ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £869,854 to £838,932 due to net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds no restricted funds, with all assets classified as unrestricted. The trustees confirm the trust was in a satisfactory position at year-end.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Elizabeth Grace Awelan
• JAMES THORNTON
• Vivienne Janet Thornton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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